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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:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Hang Nguyen, Clichy-la-Garenne, FR;
Pierre Duhamel, Le Plessis Robinson, FR;
Inventors:
Hang Nguyen, Clichy-la-Garenne, FR;
Pierre Duhamel, Le Plessis Robinson, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M007/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for decoding Variable Length Codes used to encode data having a predefined type, preferably image or video data, said encoded data consisting in a sequence of codewords belonging to a predefined set of codewords. According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: