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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:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshihiko Fukuoka, Shijyonawate, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a Reed-Solomon decoding apparatus comprising a device for monitoring occurrence of an error beyond an error correction capability and a degree of error correction. The Reed-Solomon decoding apparatus of the present invention comprises a Reed-Solomon decoder and a correction state monitor. The correction state monitor detects a process error in a Eucledean algorithm computer and a chain retrieval unit in the Reed-Solomon decoder, and generates a signal indicating the degree of error in input data.