Patent · US Expired

Bit rate control interface for the recording and/or reading of digital data

US6356611B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1998
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2205/061
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control interface for the bit rate of digital data to be recorded as well as a control interface for the bit rate of digital data emanating from a reading device, particularly when the digital data constitutes a high bit rate uninterrupted data stream such as a video data stream in the MPEG II format. Each control interface comprises a memory circuit for storing the data to be recorded or to be read and a device for storing the data to be recorded or read in the memory circuit so as to fill the memory circuit to a predetermined level. The storing device includes a gauge for generating an information item giving the fill level of the memory.

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