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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:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Michael J. Gormish, Redwood City, CA (US);
Edward L. Schwartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yutaka Satoh, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Michael J. Gormish, Redwood City, CA (US);
Edward L. Schwartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yutaka Satoh, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04B 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for assigning codeblocks to coders operating in parallel is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises decomposing input data into a plurality of code-blocks, and assigning the plurality of code-blocks, on a code-block basis, to a plurality of MQ coders to code the plurality of code-blocks in parallel to balance, to the extent possible, an amount of coding to be performed by each of the plurality of MQ coders.