Television – Bandwidth reduction system
Patent
1999-05-10
2000-02-22
Britton, Howard
Television
Bandwidth reduction system
348 14, 455 383, 455574, H04N 712, H04M 1100
Patent
active
060286318
ABSTRACT:
The electric power consumption by a terminal used for communication of multimedia information is controlled by changing the quality of transmitted information. The terminal is provided with input means (101, 102, 106 and 107) through which such information as images and sounds is inputted, channel control sections (123 and 124) which output the input information to channels and receive information from the channels, output means (103, 104, 108, 109 and 105) which output the information received from the channels in the form of images, sounds, etc., a codec means (110) which is provided between the input and output means and the control sections, encodes the input information in one of multiple encoding modes in which electric power is differently consumed, and decodes the information inputted from the channels, and a control section (133) which controls the selection of the encoding mode. This terminal can continue information communication for a required period of time at minimum power consumption at the sacrifice of the quality of transmitted information. Therefore, either the power consumption or quality of information can be adequately selected according to the transmission.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5485504 (1996-01-01), Ohnsorge
patent: 5491507 (1996-02-01), Umezawa
patent: 5949484 (1999-09-01), Nakaya
International Telecommunication Union, ITU-T Recommendation H. 261, Previously "CCITT Recommendation", "Line Transmission of Non-Telephone Signals", "Video codec for Audiovisual Services at p .times.64 kbits", Mar. 1993.
ISO/IEC 11172-2:1993 (E).
ISO/IEC 13818-2: 1995 (E).
Fujii Yukio
Maruyama Masanori
Nagata Minoru
Nakaya Yuichiro
Britton Howard
Hitachi , Ltd.
LandOfFree
Portable terminal apparatus for multimedia communication does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Portable terminal apparatus for multimedia communication, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Portable terminal apparatus for multimedia communication will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-524539