Television – Format conversion
Patent
1994-12-06
1995-08-22
Kostak, Victor R.
Television
Format conversion
348555, 348558, H04N 701
Patent
active
054444918
ABSTRACT:
A television receiver for receiving and decoding a transmitted television signal, wherein the television signal comprises a succession of encoded image frames encoded in transmission formats selected from a set of transmission formats, the set comprising at least two transmission formats that differ from each other in at least two non-program-content characteristics; wherein the receiver comprises: display means for displaying the television signal; means for receiving format identification information transmitted with the encoded image frames identifying the transmission format of the received frames; means for decoding the identification information to determine the transmission format of the encoded image frames being received; and means for using the identification information to decode the encoded image frames for any of the transmission formats.
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Kostak Victor R.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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