Real time data transformation and transmission overlapping device

摘要

A real time data transformation and transmission apparatus transforms data from a first data device and transfers the transformed data to a second data device which need not have a data transfer rate consistent with the first data device. Data from the first data device is divided into blocks and is compressed by a compression device and written into a buffer. A controller controls the buffer to transmit compressed data to the second data device as a function of the data receiving rate of the second data medium provided that the buffer contains a predetermined amount of data. While the buffer is transmitting data, the compressor is compressing further blocks of data which are being written to the buffer such that the predetermined amount of data is stored in the buffer upon completion of the buffer transmitting a block of data. This ensures that complete blocks of data are transmitted to the second data medium at the data receiving rate of the second data medium.