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Image transmission system

US6658023B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1999
Grant dateDec 2, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4347
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image transmission system in which when each of a plurality of image signals is transformed into compressed image data compressed at an image compressing portion, the image data are assembled to cells at a cell assembly portion, and the cells from the cell assembly portion are switched at a switching portion, a band controller controls the cell assembly portion so that a band of a transmission line has a value lower than a total band required for a simultaneous transmission of each of the image data. Also, a network controller for controlling band controllers or compression rate controllers at each of communication nodes on a network is provided. Moreover, a sensor which detects a change of an event to control the band controller or the compression rate controller is provided.

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