Method and bit stream decoding unit using majority voting

US7430261B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE
• Daimlerchrysler AG · US
• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE
• General Motors LLC · US
• Motorola, Inc. · US
• KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

• Thomas M. Forest · Chesterfield Township, US
• Bernd Hedenetz · Köngen, DE
• Mathias Rausch · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
• Christopher Temple · Munich, DE
• Harald Eisele · Pinneberg, DE
• Bernd Uwe Gerhard Elend · Hamburg, DE
• Jörn Ungermann · Aachen, DE
• Matthias Kühlewein · Bingen, DE
• Ralf Belschner · Neckartenzlingen, DE
• Peter Lohrmann · Eislingen/Fils, DE
• Florian Bogenberger · Poing, DE
• Thomas Wuerz · Poing, DE
• Arnold W. Millsap · Leonard, US
• Patrick Heuts · Nijmegen, NL
• Robert Hugel · Kaufering, DE
• Thomas Fuhrer · Gerlingen, DE
• Bernd Müller · Moers, DE
• Florian Hartwich · Reutlingen, DE
• Manfred Zinke · Aachen, DE
• Josef Berwanger · Poing, DE
• Christian Ebner · Munich, DE
• Harald Weiler · Göppingen, DE
• Peter Fuhrmann · Dormagen, DE
• Anton Schedl · Munich, DE
• Martin Peller · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2012/6459
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a bit stream decoding unit for bit stream decoding has a bit stream comprising a number of consecutive samples. In order to provide for rapid and, in particular, reliable decoding of the bit stream, a detection window comprising a number of samples is defined and the detection window is positioned at certain positions on the bit stream in order to comprise certain samples with respective sample values. A majority voting is applied to the sample values in the detection window and, in dependence on the result of the majority voting, the bit stream is decoded and respective bit values are generated.