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Expected value generation unit and a data reproduction apparatus

US6781938B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2002
Grant dateAug 24, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10296
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data reproduction apparatus that employs an expected value generation unit that employs a maximum likelihood decoding algorithm, thereby an expected value is correctly determined from a histogram of sampled values of a signal to be reproduced, even when an offset arises in the signal to be reproduced, the offset being removed from the sampled values used in generating a histogram that is used to determine the expected value.

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