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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data processing apparatus and method is disclosed for obtaining digital data for a plurality of signals to be processed, comprising. The disclosed process includes comparing, by using digital data for a first signal of the plurality of signals, an electric signal corresponding to a second signal of the plurality of signals with a reference signal; obtaining digital data for the second signal based on the comparing step; performing a counting operation in one of a down-counting mode and an up-counting mode while the comparing step is being performed; storing a first count value; outputting the first count value as computed data at a predetermined time; generating normal data based on one of the plurality of signals to be processed; and outputting the normal data.