Code conversion system
First Claim
1. In a code conversion system comprising an encoder, said encoder comprising an input terminal for receiving a multi-level time series signal having at least three signal levels subject to a variation of occurrence frequency of signal levels, means for detecting the highest occurrence frequency signal ("HOFS") level of said multi-level time series signal and generating a first code representative of the run-lengths of said HOFS level;
- means for generating a second code representative of the signal levels of said multi-level time series signal where the first code and second code, each include at least one first and second transition code respectively, wherein occurrences of the first transition code indicate transitions from the first code to the second code and occurences of the second transition code indicate transitions from the second code to the first code, and means for combining said codes from said first and second code generation means on the time series so as to produce a coded signal containing said first and second codes in combination.
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Abstract
In a code conversion system comprising an encoder and a decoder in combination, the encoder comprises an input terminal for receiving a multi-level time series signal having at least three signal levels subject to a variation of occurrence frequency of levels, a circuit for detecting the highest occurrence frequency signal ("HOFS") level of said multi-level time series signal and generating a first code representative of the run-lengths of said HOFS level, a circuit for generating a second code representative of the individual levels of said multi-level time series signal, and a circuit for combining said codes from said first and second code generation circuits on the time series, and wherein the decoder comprises a circuit for separating the first and second codes and decoding the separated first and second codes into the original multi-level time series signal.
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1. In a code conversion system comprising an encoder, said encoder comprising an input terminal for receiving a multi-level time series signal having at least three signal levels subject to a variation of occurrence frequency of signal levels, means for detecting the highest occurrence frequency signal ("HOFS") level of said multi-level time series signal and generating a first code representative of the run-lengths of said HOFS level;
- means for generating a second code representative of the signal levels of said multi-level time series signal where the first code and second code, each include at least one first and second transition code respectively, wherein occurrences of the first transition code indicate transitions from the first code to the second code and occurences of the second transition code indicate transitions from the second code to the first code, and means for combining said codes from said first and second code generation means on the time series so as to produce a coded signal containing said first and second codes in combination.
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- 3. In an encoder in which at least one multi-level time series signal having at least three signal levels is divided into unit blocks on the time series and compressed coding is effected on the signals in the individual unit blocks, the improvement which comprises means for generating a synchronizing code indicative of boundaries of said blocks, means for detecting the highest occurence frequency signal (HOFS) level in said multi-level time series signal and for generating a first code indicative of the run-lengths of said HOFS level, means for generating a second code indicative of the individual levels of the multi-level signal, means for time-sharing a multiplexing and synchronizing code and said first and second codes on parallel m-bit, m denoting an interger of 2 or more, data lines, means for generating a signal indicative of the bit number of valid or invalid codes on said parallel data lines, and a variable bit arrangement construction for eliminating invalid bits on said parallel m-bit data lines by means of said bit number indicating signal so as to arrange only valid bits onto the parallel l-bit, l denoting an optional integer, data lines in a predetermined order using a parallel to parallel conversion process.
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4. In a code conversion system comprising an encoder and a decoder in combination, said encoder comprising an input terminal for receiving a multi-level time series signal having at least three signal levels subject to a variation of occurrence frequency of signal levels means for detecting the highest occurrence frequency signal ("HOFS") level of said multi-level time series signal and generating a first code representative of the run-lengths of said HOFS level;
- and, means for generating a second code representative of the signal levels of said multi-level time series signal where the first code and second code each include at least one first and second transition code respectively, wherein occurrences of the first transition code indicate transitions from the first code to the second code and occurrences of the second transition code indicate transitions from the second code to the first code, and means for combining said codes from said first and second code generation means on the time series so as to produce a coded signal containing said first and second codes in combination, said decoder comprising means for separating said first and second codes from said coded signal, and means for decoding the separate first and second codes into the original multi-level time series signal.
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