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Pseudo fixed data transmission device and method

US5886652A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 1996
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/434
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For the transmission of variable length coded data blocks, a threshold arithmetic calculation circuit (9) obtains a threshold from an average of the bit lengths of the variable length coded data blocks for each group of such block, and the judgment circuit (10) makes a judgment as to whether or not those variable length coded data blocks have bit lengths exceeding the threshold of the block group to which such data blocks belong. Then, a block divider circuit 11 divides the variable length coded data blocks having bit lengths exceeding the threshold into blocks having small bit lengths. Each block thus obtained is fixedly equalized in bit length to an average length level and transmitted in that condition.

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