Device for and method of determining the quality of a data signal
US7352672B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2562
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In the case of determination means (10) for determining the quality of a data signal (DS), which data signal (DS) consists of data blocks, wherein each data block is at least two-dimensional in structure and comprises at least two data zones, there are provided validity assessment means (7) for assessing whether data zones of at least one data block are valid or invalid and for generating and outputting validity information (QI) representing the assessment result and validity information processing means (9), which are designed to determine the quality of the data signal (DS) on the basis of the validity information (QI).
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