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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Kiyoshi Hoshino, Ome, JP;
Tatsuji Kusumoto, Fussa, JP;
Tadahiro Oku, Kawasaki, JP;
Osamu Kaseno, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kamio, Kunitachi, JP;
Kanji Inoue, Hanno, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A television audiovisual apparatus using a personal computer comprises an audio/video I/O interface including a television tuner, disposed in the personal computer, and an information compression/decompression unit for compressing audio/video signals input through the audio/video I/O interface in accordance with the MPEG2 specifications to store the compressed audio/video signals in a large capacity storage disposed in the personal computer, and for decompressing compressed audio/video signals in accordance with the MPEG2 specifications.