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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1999
Toshiaki Shinohara, Omiya, JP;
Masahiro Wakamori, Yokohama, JP;
Kengo Tsuzuki, Machida, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, when an image data currently being received is switched over to the data from another image information device, the best picture quality is provided without stopping the image up to the next I frame even when the switching request is given at the middle of I frame. The apparatus of the invention comprises a clock processing unitfor generating a current time corrected according to an information of a time received from a system controllervia a network, a transmitting/receiving processing unitfor transmitting and receiving data and control signal to and from the network, a time designation processing unitfor setting the designation time received from the system controller via the network, and a designation time detection processing unitfor comparing the preset designation time with the current time, and when the designation time agrees with the current time, the received data is switched over, and the switching is synchronized with the next I frame.