Video coder
CA 1330122 C · Owner: Heron, Andrew Peter · Inventors: Heron, Andrew Peter; Morrison, David Geoffrey; Beaumont, David Owen
Overview
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A coder assembles bursts of blocks of image data (eg transform coded coefficients) and associated overhead data into a sequence of data which are then transmitted. Both the transform coded coefficients and the overhead data are initially stored in separate FIFO memory stores. The blocks of transform coded coefficients have a 'last coefficient' flag accompanying the last coefficient, and the overhead information contains a unique word SWITCH, after the header information but before the 'end-of-block' flag. The 'last coefficient' flag and the SWITCH word are recognized by a toggle controller which controls the reading of the stores so that the coefficient data and overhead data are …
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- Granted June 7, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 7, 2011.
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