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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Hideo Arai, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kyoichi Hosokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keizo Nishimura, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshizumi Watatani, Fujisawa, JP;
Akira Shibata, Katsuta, JP;
Hideo Arai, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitoaki Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kyoichi Hosokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keizo Nishimura, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshizumi Watatani, Fujisawa, JP;
Akira Shibata, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A digital information receiving apparatus and method in which a receiver receives a digital signal including a video signal and an audio signal, wherein the received video signal is bit-compressed by a first compression method and the received audio signal is bit-expanded by a second compression method which is different from the first compression method, a demodulator demodulates the received digital signal, and an expander bit-expands the demodulated digital signal.