Abstract:
Video signals from several sources are processed by a plurality of redundancy reduction data compressors and combined in an asynchronous time division multiplexing system. Each redundancy reduction data compressor couples to its buffer memory only those video samples which differ by an amount greater than a threshold level from the video samples previously stored in a reference frame memory. A count of the number of frames stored in the buffer memory is utilized by a control logic circuit as a first condition to determine the priority of connecting each redundancy reduction data compressor to a transmission channel. When the number of frames in each buffer memory is equal, the control logic circuit utilizes a count of the number of samples stored in the buffer memory as a second condition to determine the priority for connection to the transmission channel. Several threshold circuits are provided in each of the redundancy reduction data compressors. The particular one chosen for use by the control logic circuit depends on the use that the data compressor has made of the transmission channel.