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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. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihide Shimpuku, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 14/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for modulating data modulates data having a length of m-bits to a variable length code having a basic code length of n-bits. A SYNC bit inserting section adds a sync signal to a train of codes, after a minimum run. The sync signal has a pattern that breaks a maximum run.