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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Mark David Fries, Williams Bay, WI (US);
Phil E. Pearson, Jr., Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention, in one form, is a communication system for transmitting high-speed data across an imaging system slip-ring. In one embodiment, the communication system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter generates encoded serial data that is transmitted across the slip-ring 1 bit at a time to the receiver. The encoded data includes command codes, message blocks having CRC data, and SYNC data. Using the commands codes, the receiver decodes the data into byte data. The receiver utilizes the CRC data to detect and correct errors in the transmitted data and the SYNC data to synchronize the receiver with the transmitter.