US 7,511,743 B2
Video encoding apparatus having audio selection function and method thereof
Seok-Hun Lim, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Sep. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/937,632.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0000957 (KR), filed on Jan. 07, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0147376 A1, Jul. 07, 2005
Int. Cl. H04N 5/76 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 348—231.4 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video encoding apparatus having a plurality of audio input units, comprising:
a video acquisition unit for acquiring and transferring a video source;
an audio selection unit for receiving a plurality of audio sources from the audio input units, and selecting a predetermined number of audio sources so as to transfer the selected audio sources from among the received plurality of audio sources; and
a video encoder for generating a multimedia file by synchronizing and combining the video source with the selected predetermined number of audio sources,
wherein audio information, transmitted from a sending telecommunication device to a receiving telecommunication device via a call connection, is provided, by the receiving telecommunication device, as an audio source selectable as one of the selected predetermined number of audio sources synchronized and combined with the video source.