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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1984
Udo Reimann, Munich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Abstract
A circuit for rapidly determining the greatest difference among three binarily represented numerical values also undertakes a classification and coding of the maximum difference within a number of different numerical ranges wherein only the most significant bits of the differences following the operational sign bit are required for such classification. A two-stage logic circuit is used for the classification and coding to which the most significant bits are supplied. The circuit is particularly useful in two-dimensional DPCM coding wherein a switchable quantizer and a quantizer controller are utilized to control the contrast of adjacent picture elements including an overall video display.