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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. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D Allen, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Martin Boliek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Edward L Schwartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignees:
Ricoh Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ricoh Company Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 51 ; 341107 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data in parallel. The present invention provides a system for decompressing a data stream having multiple codewords. The system includes an input channel that receives the data stream. The system also includes a decoder which decodes each bit of the data stream, wherein at least two of the codewords in the data stream are decoded at the same time, such that the data stream is decoded in parallel.