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Encoding apparatus and method, recording medium, and decoding apparatus and method

  • US 20020059063A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2000
  • Published: 05/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An encoder comprising:

  • means for generating a dummy string;

    a first encoding means for generating a first code string by forming a blank area in a frame based on the dummy string;

    a second encoding means for generating a second code string by encoding an input signal; and

    a code string synthesizing means for generating a synthetic code string by embedding the second code string generated by the second encoding means in the blank area in the first code string.

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