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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:
Feb. 01, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2006
Applicants:

Takuya Oshima, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Wakita, Tokyo, JP;

Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoki Tagami, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takuya Oshima, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Wakita, Tokyo, JP;

Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoki Tagami, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/475 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus for processing an informational signal includes a first processing section for receiving the informational signal, executing a first processing on the informational signal, and outputting the processed informational signal. The apparatus also includes a second processing section, which is located at a posterior stage of the first processing section, for receiving the processed informational signal and executing a second processing on the processed informational signal. The apparatus further includes transmitting device for transmitting meta-information corresponding to each predetermined period of time in the informational signal from the first processing section to the second processing section. The processing in the second processing section is controlled based on the meta-information transmitted by the transmitting device.


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