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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
May. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul W Lyons, New Egypt, NJ (US);
Victor V D'Alessandro, Berkleley Heights, NJ (US);
Alfonse A Acampora, New York, NY (US);
Nicola J Fedele, Kingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson multimedia S.A., Courbevoie, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348387 ; 370428 ; 370473 ;
Abstract
A transport stream encoder is disclosed which comprises a plurality of FIFO buffers coupled to sources of component signals. Each of the FIFO buffers has a data output terminal for producing component signal data. A packetizer has a data input terminal for receiving component signal data, and produces a packet stream. A data bus is coupled in common to the data output terminals of the FIFO buffers and the data input terminal of the packetizer.