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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Mutsuhiro Omori, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the data compression method and apparatus, difference value data each consisting of m bits that include an absolute value represented by m-1 bits and a 1-bit sign bit representing a sign are received, each of the difference value data having been obtained by calculating a difference between data to be coded and data immediately preceding it. N of the received difference value data are rearranged on a bit-by-bit basis, to generate a bit sequence in which bits at the same place of the n difference value data appear consecutively in predetermined order. A coded bit sequence is generated by compressing the generated bit sequence by a predetermined compression method. In the data expansion apparatus and method, a bit sequence of consecutive bits is generated by expanding a coded bit sequence by a decoding method corresponding to a predetermined compression method. Difference value data each consisting of m bits that include an absolute value represented by m-1 bits and a 1-bit sign bit representing a sign are restored from the expanded second bit sequence, and restored data is generated by performing, using the sign bit, an operation on data to be restored and data that has been restored immediately before it.