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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Masayoshi Toujima, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiromasa Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Kohashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Hitoshi Fujimoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Misako Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A conversion unit having a bidirectional conversion function of converting analog video signals into digital image data and vice versa and a processing unit having a function of encoding image data and of decoding encoded data are provided. A data transmission control unit switches the flow direction of each of image data and encoded data in response to an encoder/decoder switch signal. A process control unit performs switching of the receiving/transmitting of a control signal such as a transmission clock signal relating to encoded data in response to a master/slave set signal.