Patent ID: 7355624

Claim:
A device, comprising: a two-way radio comprising a transmitter system and a receiver system, wherein the transmitter system is adapted to transmit an outgoing digitized video signal, wherein the transmitter system is adapted to transmit an outgoing digitized audio signal, wherein the receiver system is adapted to receive an incoming digitized video signal, and wherein the receiver system is adapted to receive an incoming digitized audio signal, wherein the transmitter system comprises an encoder block adapted to compress an input digitized video signal, an input digitized audio signal, or both the input digitized video signal and the input digitized audio signal to produce the outgoing digitized video signal, the outgoing digitized audio signal, or both the outgoing digitized video signal and the outgoing digitized audio signal, the encoder block comprising: a video encoder for compressing the input digitized video signal; an audio encoder for compressing the input digitized audio signal; a multiplexer coupled to the video encoder and the audio encoder to receive output signals of the video encoder and the audio encoder; and a first switching means including multiple inputs to receive one or both of the input digitized video signal and the input digitized audio signal, the first switching means including multiple outputs connected to the video encoder and the audio encoder to transmit one or both of the input digitized video signal and the input digitized audio signal to the video encoder and the audio encoder.