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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1997
Takao Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Akira Kamogawa, Katano, JP;
Kunio Nobori, Kadoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In order to control the coding quantity depending on the processing situation at the terminal when decoding or synthesizing plural pictures or sounds simultaneously, the decoding apparatus of the invention comprises a reception control unitfor receiving the information, a separation unitfor analyzing and separating the received information, a priority decision unitfor determining the priority of processing of the pictures separated in the separation unit, a picture expanding unitfor expanding the pictures according to the determined priority, s picture synthesizing unitfor synthesizing the pictures on the basis of the expanded pictures, a synthesis result accumulating unitfor accumulating the synthesized pictures, a reproduction time control unitfor controlling the time for starting reproduction, and an output unitfor delivering the result of synthesis according to the information of the reproduction time control unit