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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1991
Koubun Sakagami, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A coder unit includes a coding circuit for converting information supplied from an external unit into code data having a length corresponding to the information, a connecting circuit for successively connecting to each other the code data obtained by the coding circuit and for outputting connected data obained by the connecting of the code data, a determination circuit for determining whether or not a number of bits of the connected data output from the connecting circuit has reached a predetermined value, and an output circuit for outputting a bit string code included in the connected data output from the connecting means as parallel data when the determination means determines that the number of bits of the connected data has reached the predetermined value, the bit string code being formed of bits starting from a leading end bit of the connected data, a number of bits of the bit string code being equal to the predetermined value.