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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuharu Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704230 ; 704212 ; 704502 ;
Abstract
There is provided a decoder and a data recovery apparatus which has enabled power saving by setting the band to which series of processes are not carried out among the N bands to vary the processing time required for the decoding operation within the predetermined time interval and extend non-operable period, on the occasion of independently executing the predetermined decoding operation in every band for the unit data obtained by dividing the compressed data into N (integer N.gtoreq.2) bands for every predetermined time interval.