Patent · US Expired

Data decompression apparatus and method

US4410965A · kind A · utility

25Cited by
1References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateSep 18, 1981
Grant dateOct 18, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 18, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C8/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is provided for the storage and decoding of data which may be used to produce an image. A storage device is functionally divided into a number of sections, so that data may be read from certain sections of the device at a time when other sections have not been completely loaded with data. A decoding memory is utilized for the decoding of information which has previously been encoded at an earlier stage, so that the decoded information can then be applied to a utilizing device. The same read address counter is used to address corresponding locations in the storage device and the decoding memory, and the data output from these two addresses is compared to provide decoded data which constitutes the output information, and which is also written back into the corresponding location of the decoding memory, to be employed in the next comparison operation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.