Statistical multiplexer for live and pre-compressed video

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6005620
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08792627

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An apparatus for statistically multiplexing a plurality of video signals is provided with a complexity detector, coupled to receive a pre-compressed video signal, for generating a complexity signal which relates to the complexity of the pre-compressed video signal, an encoder for compressing a non-compressed video signal at a variable compression rate to generate a compressed video signal, a controller for controlling the variable compression rate of the encoder based on the complexity signal, and a multiplexer coupled to receive the pre-compressed video signal and the compressed video signal. The apparatus may be provided in a broadcasting system, such as a satellite broadcasting system. The broadcast system may include a transmitter coupled to receive the video signals from the multiplexer, a satellite coupled to receive the video signals from the transmitter, a receiver for receiving video signals from the satellite, and one or more decoders connected to receive video signals from the receiver.

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  • HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Plummer, Robert H Seattle, WA 10 342
Stanger, Leon Farmington, UT 3 102
Williams, Jim C Anaheim, CA 22 1048
Yang, Chao-Kung Huntington Beach, CA 9 224

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