Patent · US Expired

Playback apparatus

US6788634B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18References

13Claims

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Assignee

Micronas GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Becher · Emmendingen, DE
Dieter Bächer · Waldkirch, DE
Juergen Meiner · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2000
Grant date	Sep 7, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N5/85
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A playback apparatus includes a data source (1) that provides a data stream signal (d0), and a device (2) responsive to the data stream signal. The device forms a first data stream (d1) in a first data format (F1), wherein the first data stream (d1) includes a data field (D1) that is encoded in a second data format (F2). A code converter (3) is responsive to the first data stream (d1), and converts selected parts of the first data stream (d1) to a second data stream (d2) that has data encoded in a third data format (F3). An output decoder (5) forms playback signals from the second data stream (d2). The playback signal may be audio and/or video signals that are presented to the appropriate audio transducer or display device for presentation to a playback apparatus user(s).

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