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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Abstract
The coder makes it possible to convert a succession of video and/or audio blocks, consisting of binary combinations of N bits, into a succession of binary data blocks consisting of combinations of N bits, each binary data block corresponding to one video and/or audio block. The coder codes each end binary combination 0 or 2,of each video and/or audio block in the form of a coded binary combination consisting of a nature information item In and a position information item Ip. The nature information item In gives the nature, 0 or 2,, of the end binary combination, and the position information item Ip gives the position which the end combination occupies in the video block. Conversely, the decoder makes it possible to reconstruct a succession of video and/or audio blocks, consisting of binary combinations of N bits, from a succession of binary data blocks such as the ones mentioned above, that is to say ones for which the end combinations 0 or 2,of each video and/or audio block are coded in the form of a nature information item In and a position information item Ip.