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Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving television signal

US6345388B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1997
Grant dateFeb 5, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/39
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a television signal transmitting and receiving apparatus, a digitally coded television signal, such as an MPEG2-Video stream, is transmitted, and an accounting level requested by the use is input to the receiver, whereby the decoding coefficient at decoding in an MPEG2-Video decoder is varied to obtain n image having a resolution according to the accounting level. In this apparatus, it is possible to offer a service with a resolution according to the accounting level.

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