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Coding arrangement including variable length encoder incorporating a buffer filling control based on averaged block quality, and an associated decoding device

US5122874A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 1990
Grant dateJun 16, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coding arrangement which includes a coder for variable-length encoding provided with a quality control to determine the different coding characteristics, a buffer store for receiving the coded information originating from the said coder and for recovering them at an output terminal with a fixed rate thanks to the presence of a regulating circuit. The regulating circuit uses the average quality of packets of information blocks to control a filler circuit which supplies a fill quantity of the coded information. A correction circuit supplies a corrected quality value by correcting the average quality as a function of the fill quantity.

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