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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koichi Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 67 ;
Abstract
A code decoding apparatus for converting a signal sequence having a variable length code, a fixed length code, and a specifically fixed length code into other equivalent codes, a synchronizing process and a syntax analyzing process being performed corresponding to the specifically fixed length code. The decoding apparatus includes a correlating unit for detecting a specifically fixed length code from the signal sequence, a distributing means for successively distributing the signal sequence preceded by the detected specifically fixed length code to a plurality of code decoding units, and a decoding means for causing the code decoding units to decode the signal sequence.