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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999

Filed:

Oct. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Toru Okazaki, Tokyo, JP;

Yoichi Yagasaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348413 ; 348403 ;
Abstract

A coding method, decoding method, coding system, and decoding system for efficiently variable length coding and variable length decoding quantized data compared with existing ones. Input data is variable length coded by using a variable length coding table 23C or 23D selected among a plurality of variable length coding tables 23C and 23D prepared in accordance with a coding efficiency. Thereby, it is possible to further improve a variable length coding efficiency compared with a case for using only one variable length coding table. As a result, when generating information content equal to that generated by using only one variable length coding table, it is possible to process data quantized with smaller quantized size and further improve the quality of information transmitted as coded data.


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