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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel J Esteban, LaGaude, FR;
Jean E Menez, Nice, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3403 / ; 325 / ;
Abstract
This is a block quantizer which converts a given block of samples into an optimum sequence of numbers describing the sampled signal with minimum distortion due to the quantizing process. The quantizer self-adjusts the basic parameters, i.e., quantizing step Q, d.c. level C and the sequence of numbers fn, describing the signal for each block of samples for a minimal Mean Squared Error.
Esteban, Daniel. (1977). Process for block quantizing an electrical signal and device for (U.S. Patent No. 4051470). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4051470
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