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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Kurosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358426 ; 3582611 ; 382 56 ;
Abstract
An improved method of decoding in run representation. This method includes the steps of retrieving in response to position information or length information at least one predetermined word pattern containing a plurality of bits arranged in a predetermined bit pattern from a plurality of stored word patterns, each having a different predetermined bit pattern, and processing the retrieved word pattern using OR/Exclusive OR processing to output bit pattern data corresponding to a word unit portion of the original image.