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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Ching-Ming Lai, Wakefield, MA (US);
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring an ordered sequence of data elements from a first location to a second location via a communication channel includes a multiplexor for selecting at least two primary data elements occurring at predetermined intervals within the series, and for selecting at least one intermediate data element occurring within the predetermined intervals between the primary data elements. The apparatus estimates, for each of the intermediate data elements, a value corresponding to the intermediate data element. Each of the estimated values is a predetermined function of an immediately preceding primary data element and an immediately subsequent primary data element in the ordered sequence. The apparatus calculates a difference value for each of the intermediate data elements. Each difference value is representative of a mathematical difference between the corresponding intermediate element and estimated value. The apparatus further includes a transmitter for transmitting each of the primary data elements and the difference elements along the communication channel.