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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ed Twitchell, Quincy, IL (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348513 ; 348512 ; 348524 ;
Abstract
A system and method for obtaining and maintaining synchronization to a digital signal containing framing. The method searches for a synchronizing pattern and maintains a confidence counter indicative of the success in finding the synchronization pattern where expected. The confidence counter can be used to indicate when the system is locked to the framing of the digital signal and when resynchronization needs to occur.