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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anne Abiven, Rennes, FR;
Alain Caillerie, Rennes, FR;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/305 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/305 ;
Abstract
For coding and decoding data, the data to be coded and the decoded data being stored in a memory ( ), a single data coding and decoding means ( ) is used. The coding and decoding means is initialised in coding mode, and the passage of data to be coded from the memory ( ) to the coding and decoding means ( ) is controlled, or the coding and decoding means is initialised in decoding mode, and the input of coded data into the coding and decoding means ( ) and the passage of decoded data from the coding and decoding means to the memory ( ) are controlled.