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Signal compressing apparatus

US6393203B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 2000
Grant dateMay 21, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/8047
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the predetermined format. The compression-resultant signal is placed in the segments of the formatting-resultant signal. The formatting-resultant signal is encoded into an encoding-resultant signal of a CD format. The encoding-resultant signal is recorded on a recording medium.

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