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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2000
Takehiro Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Iwakami, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Jin, Kokubunji, JP;
Takeshi Mori, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kazuaki Chikira, Hachioji, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide a method for compressing digital input signals at high compression efficiency and reproducing the input data perfectly. The method includes the steps of: converting a digital input signal in each frame to bitstreams according to a sign-magnitude format; deblocking the bitstreams into individual bits; joining each bit in a time sequence while retaining an identical chronological order of bits in all the frames; and reversibly encoding each bitstream obtained by joining the bits. And, the reversible decoding method includes the steps of: reversibly decoding a reversible code sequence in each frame; deblocking the bitstreams obtained by reversible decoding into individual bits; joining each bit in a time sequence while retaining an identical chronological order of bits in all the frames; and joining successive frames obtained by joining the bits.