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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Kenji Hisatomi, Osaka-fu, JP;
Kazuyuki Murata, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Takehito Yamaguchi, Osaka-fu, JP;
Hideyuki Kuwano, Osaka-fu, JP;
Yuji Okada, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Naoki Takahashi, Osaka-fu, JP;
Joji Tanaka, Osaka-fu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A data encoding apparatus is provided wherein, in one aspect, bit data are encoded by using at least one kind of error-correcting code out of two kinds of error-correcting modes—random error-correcting code mode and burst error correcting code mode. The encoded bit data are then arranged in a specific two-dimensional region in a matrix to form a two-dimensional image, which is then printed on a medium. The encoded bit data may be relocated in accord with a relocation map.