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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryosuke Okuda, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704500 ; 704212 ; 711-5 ; 711170 ;
Abstract
A sound data decoder is provided which includes a decode portion, a PCM output buffer having a plurality of fractional banks, a bank management portion supplying an address indicating a location of a writable fractional bank to the decode portion, and a PCM output portion reading and outputting, in response to the address, data from a fractional bank corresponding to that address and supplying to the bank management portion an address indicating a location of a fractional bank which is made writable.