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Vector quantizer search arrangement

CA 2013247 C · Owner: Wang, Robert Chuenlin · Inventors: Wang, Robert Chuenlin

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Abstract, In an arrangement for coding multi-element signals such as used in speech or image processing, a plurality of N element reference signals representable in a prescribed vector space are stored. An N element input signal representable in the prescribed vector space is received and one of the reference signals is selected to represent the input signal. A set of signals each representative of the projection of one of the reference signals on a predetermined orientation in the prescribed vector space and a signal representative of the projection of the input signal on the predetermined orientation are formed. The reference signals are arranged according to their projections on the …

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  • Filed March 28, 1990 and granted December 14, 1993. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2010.
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FiledMarch 28, 1990
GrantedDecember 14, 1993
Term endedMarch 28, 2010
Patent numberCA 2013247 C
Classification (IPC)H03M5/00 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 28, 1990Patent grantedDec 14, 1993Term endedMarch 28, 2010

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