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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Masakatsu Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakatsu Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a data processing apparatus including: a data sort block configured to sort, into multiple groups by information data of a same type, input data including information data of multiple types formed by multiple bits; a maximum value extraction block configured to extract a maximum value of the information data in each of the groups sorted by the data sort block; and a bit position decision and bit reduction block configured to determine a reduction position of bits common to the information data of the same type in each group on the basis of the maximum value extracted by the maximum value extraction block and reduce the common bits in accordance with the determination.