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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Stanley R. Moote, North York, CA;
Steven T. Sulte, Markham, CA;
Artur B. Twarecki, Toronto, CA;
Anthony S. Singh, Ottawa, CA;
Stanley R. Moote, North York, CA;
Steven T. Sulte, Markham, CA;
Artur B. Twarecki, Toronto, CA;
Anthony S. Singh, Ottawa, CA;
Leitch Technology International Inc., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A system for adding monitoring capability to equipment located within a video, audio and/or data production facility. A sampling device is connected to a data communications network and transmits a continuous representation of the video, audio or data being sampled over a data communications network in response to commands from an operator station. To accommodate monitoring of large numbers of sampling devices on a single network, the sampling device may encode and/or compress the video, audio or data being monitored prior to transmitting the sample over the network. The sampling device may also further reduce its contribution to network loading by providing an instant sample of the stream being sampled, such as a single video frame, either a single time, or repeatedly at regular predetermined time intervals.