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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent
(10) Patent Number: US RE37,994 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: Feb. 13, 2003
Fukuda et al.
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METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM ENCODING BITSTREAMS FOR SEAMLESS CONNECTION
5,715,356 A 5,745,643 A 6,138,147 A
2/1998 Hirayama et 211. 4/1998 Mishina * 10/2000 Waever et al. ............ .. 709/206
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(75) Inventors: Hideki Fukuda, Nara (JP); Kazuhiro Tsuga, Takarazuka (JP); Takumi Hasebe, YaWata (JP); Yoshihiro Mori,
EP JP JP JP JP
Hirakata (JP); Tomoyuki Okada,
Edinburgh (GB); Kazuyoshi Horiike, Kyoto (JP)
711 083 7-336640 8-138316 8-505024 8-251538
5/1996 12/1995 5/1996 5/1996 9/1996
* cited by examiner
(73) Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,
Ltd., Osaka (JP)
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Primary Examiner—Thai Tran Assistant Examiner—Christopher Onuaku (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack,
Appl. No.: 09/925,541
Aug. 10, 2001
Filed:
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calculating the data occupancy of a decoding buffer memory of a particular siZe that is used When decoding the encoded
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a particular period based on the calculation result, and
compression coding the signal of a particular period to the allocated code siZe. The data occupancy is calculated on the
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ABSTRACT
assumption that virtual encoded data is transferred to the decoding buffer memory following the transfer of the ?rst encoded data to the decoding buffer memory. The data
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occupancy When the last data in the ?rst encoded data is decoded is calculated as the ?nal buffer occupancy Be. The
data occupancy When the encoding process producing the
386/109, 111, 112, 348/384, 390, 419, 375/262,
second encoded data is begun is an initial buffer occupancy Bi Where the initial buffer occupancy Bi is less than the ?nal buffer occupancy Be, and thus allocated code siZe is de?ned based on the change in the data occupancy.
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