The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Feb. 02, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2003
Applicants:

Kenichi Fujita, Shinagawa, JP;

Katsuji Ideura, Shinagawa, JP;

Fujio Seki, Shinagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Fujita, Shinagawa, JP;

Katsuji Ideura, Shinagawa, JP;

Fujio Seki, Shinagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A switching device that selectively switches connections to a predetermined terminal among two or more terminals connected to servers, and can be remote-controlled via a network, includes a network interface circuit to be connected to the network, an image processing unit that includes an image compression circuit for compressing image signals outputted from the servers, and a controller that changes a compression method or compression rate to be used at the image compression circuit in accordance with the congestion level of the network.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…