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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Tsuyoshi Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Terui, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A multiple picture composing method for composing video signals from a plurality of video signal sources which operate asynchronously to each other includes the steps of (a) successively selecting the video signals from the video signal sources, (b) reading the selected video signals in units of frames while maintaining horizontal and vertical synchronization of the selected video signals, (c) reducing the video signals in the units of frames in correspondence with areas allocated for each of pictures to be composed in a composed picture, (d) writing the reduced video signal in blocks of a picture composing memory corresponding to the areas allocated for each of the pictures to be composed, and (e) composing the video signals stored in the picture composing memory to obtain a composed video signal related to a composed picture and subjecting the composed video signal to at least one of an encoding process and a transmission process.