Apparatus and method for encoding and storage of digital image and audio signals
First Claim
1. An apparatus for the encoding and storage of signals representing image and audio information onto a plurality of storage media, the apparatus comprising:
- a source generator configured to convert the signals into digitized image and audio information;
a compressor configured to receive the digitized image and audio information from the source generator and to compress the digitized image and audio information;
an encryptor configured to receive the compressed digitized image and audio information from the compressor and to encrypt the compressed digitized image and audio information;
means for stripping the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information into a plurality of portions; and
a storage device configured to receive the portions of the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information and distributively store the portions of the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information onto the plurality of storage media.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for the encoding and storage of signals representing at least image information onto a storage medium is claimed. A source generator is configured to convert the signals into digitized image information. A compressor is configured to receive the digitized image information from the source generator and compress the digitized image. An encryptor is configured to receive the compressed digitized image information from the compressor and encrypt the compressed digitized image information. A storage device is configured to then store the encrypted compressed digitized image information onto the storage medium.
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90 Claims
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1. An apparatus for the encoding and storage of signals representing image and audio information onto a plurality of storage media, the apparatus comprising:
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a source generator configured to convert the signals into digitized image and audio information;
a compressor configured to receive the digitized image and audio information from the source generator and to compress the digitized image and audio information;
an encryptor configured to receive the compressed digitized image and audio information from the compressor and to encrypt the compressed digitized image and audio information;
means for stripping the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information into a plurality of portions; and
a storage device configured to receive the portions of the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information and distributively store the portions of the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information onto the plurality of storage media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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45. An apparatus for the encoding and storage of signals representing image information and audio information onto a plurality of storage media, the apparatus comprising:
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a source generator configured to convert the signals into digitized image information and digitized audio information;
a compressor configured to receive the digitized image information and digitized audio information from the source generator and to compress the digitized image information and the digitized audio information, the compressor using an adaptive block sized discrete cosine transform compression technique;
an encryptor configured to receive the compressed digitized image information and the compressed digitized audio information from the compressor and to encrypt the compressed digitized image information and the compressed digitized audio information; and
a storage device configured to receive the encrypted compressed digitized image information and the encrypted compressed digitized audio information from the compressor, and distributively store the encrypted compressed digitized image information as an image program onto the plurality of storage media and distributively store the encrypted compressed digitized audio information as an audio program onto another plurality of storage media. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A method for encoding and storing signals representing image and audio information onto a plurality of storage media, the method comprising:
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converting the signals into digitized image and audio information;
compressing the digitized image and audio information;
encrypting the compressed digitized image and audio information;
stripping the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information into a plurality of portions; and
distributively storing the portions of the encrypted compressed digitized image and audio information onto a plurality of storage media. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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