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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Mark Greenwood, Basingstoke, GB;
Michael John Ludgate, Basingstoke, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711-5 ; 711109 ; 711165 ; 365221 ; 365219 ; 395821 ;
Abstract
Data buffering apparatus comprises a data memory in which input data are written to the memory in contiguous groups at memory addresses defined by a write pointer and data are read from the memory at a memory address defined by a read pointer; and means for writing a dummy group of data at the end of at least some of the input data groups, the dummy groups of data being read from the memory and discarded before a subsequently written input data group is read.