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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoji Shiomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Kugumiya, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 ;
Abstract
In a multiplexer, a channel selection controller determines which channel code is to be selected for a control data generator, each of multiplex buffers, and null packet generator, a PTS/DTS controller replaces PTS with DTS in a program being multiplexed, an output controller reads and deliver TS at a time synchronous with a system clock, and a virtual decoder buffer simulates each of T-STD buffers as in MPEG2.