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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
714755 ; 714752 ;
Abstract
An error correcting method reducing the time needed to provide error correction using a buffer memory. The method includes performing row error correction by using a plurality of rows of data to produce row-corrected block data and performing column error correction by using the plurality of columns of data to produce column-corrected block data. In addition, at least one of the performing row error correction and performing column error correction operates using a plurality of rows or columns of data in units of a predetermined number of rows or columns so as to provide error correction for the plurality of rows or columns in parallel.