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Apparatus for concealing error of moving pictures transform coding

CA 2084037 C · Owner: Hyodo, Masaaki · Inventors: Noguchi, Yoji; Hyodo, Masaaki; Katata, Hiroyuki

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An apparatus for concealing an error of a moving pictures transform coding includes the first concealment circuit (19) for analyzing data according to a type of the data the data, being error-detected but not corrected by an error correction decoding by the decoder (12), for replacing the data with a specific data according to the analyzed result by using a predetermined method, and for outputting a specific signal therefrom, and the second concealment circuit (22) connected to the first concealment circuit (19) for replacing reproduced pixel values of an error-occurred block with reproduced pixel values of a previous frame according to the signal output from the first concealment circuit …

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  • Filed November 27, 1992 and granted April 15, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 27, 2012.
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FiledNovember 27, 1992
GrantedApril 15, 1997
Term endedNovember 27, 2012
Patent numberCA 2084037 C
Classification (IPC)H03M13/00 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedNov 27, 1992Patent grantedApril 15, 1997Term endedNov 27, 2012

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