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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Toshiya Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiya Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Auxiliary information relating to digital data such as video and audio data is generated in synchronization with power-on, or generated according to an instruction from the user operating an information button or the like. Further, only an important portion of digital data is extracted by using the auxiliary information to generate reduced digital data, whereby the time and cost required for transmission is reduced.