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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:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 67 ; 341 50 ;
Abstract
A variable length code encoder is provided in which, during variable length code encoding of video or audio data which has been divided into blocks for ease of transmission or storage, the lowest bit of a particular variable length code in each block of code words which is composed of a special pattern of bits and arranged to appear at no other position than the end of the block, is utilized for carrying a piece of data in addition to the data of the block.