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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Yoji Shibata, Yokosuka, JP;
Masaaki Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Matsushima, Tachikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsuo Yoshida, Kokubunji, JP;
Toru Ebihara, Higashimurayama, JP;
Jun Furuya, Kokubunji, JP;
Yukinobu Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Yamada, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a teleconference terminal equipment; a picture codec for simultaneously displaying a still picture and video on a single screen, comprising an analog-to-digital converter which converts a picture signal into digital picture data, a picture-in-picture processor which is supplied with the digital picture data as self-picture data of the terminal equipment, a video decoder or a still picture decoder which decodes input picture data and delivers the decoded data to the P-in-P processor, and a digital-to-analog converter which is supplied with picture data for forming a P-in-P frame, having been produced from the self-picture data and the decoded data by the P-in-P processor, and which converts the supplied picture data into an analog signal and delivers the analog signal as an output.