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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2004
Applicants:

Sang-ho Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jae-hun Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Kyu-hyung Cho, Bucheon-si, KR;

Yun-je OH, Yongin-si, KR;

Inventors:

Sang-Ho Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jae-Hun Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Kyu-Hyung Cho, Bucheon-si, KR;

Yun-Je Oh, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and a method for adjusting a transmission rate of data, in particular a moving picture experts group 2 (MPEG-2) data is disclosed The apparatus includes a receiving buffer for buffering multi program transport stream (MPTS) packets received at various transmission rates, and a packet storage for storing MPEG-2 null packets. A signal processing section reads data buffered in the receiving buffer at a predetermined output transmission rate, wherein the signal processing section stops an operation of reading data buffered in the receiving buffer, and reads and transmits the MPEG-2 null packets stored in the packet storage when a predetermined underflow occurrence forecast situation is caused in the receiving buffer.


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