Code division multiplex communication apparatus
First Claim
1. A code division multiplex communication apparatus for communicating multilevel pixel data comprising a plurality of bits, the multilevel pixel data including luminance data and color difference data, said apparatus comprising:
- allocating means for allocating each bit of the plurality of bits of the multilevel pixel data to a different spread code of a plurality of spread codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spread codes is allocated to the luminance data at a first timing but allocated to the color difference data at a second timing; and
communication means for communicating the multilevel pixel data spread by the plurality of spread codes, wherein the plurality of bits of the multilevel pixel data are code-divided by the plurality of spread codes.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus is disclosed which allocates the respective bits indicating multilevel image data to different spread codes, and then spreads the bits by the use of the spread codes, thereby achieving code division multiplex communication. Image data consisting of 8 bits is transmitted and received at one time by the use of 8 or greater number of spreads codes. In the transmitting end, the amounts of the 8-bit luminance data and the 8-bit color difference data are halved along the time axis, and the resulting respective data are line-sequential multiplexed. Thus, among 12 fields, one field is transmitted according to the above-described code division multiplex method. In the receiving end, the receiving signal which has been code division multiplexed in the transmitting end is demodulated by de-spreading using a plurality of spread codes. The de-spread signal is stored in a memory and image data for one field is repeatedly read from the memory during 12 fields. Then, the luminance signal and the color difference signal are line-sequential separated from the read image data and are output.
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1. A code division multiplex communication apparatus for communicating multilevel pixel data comprising a plurality of bits, the multilevel pixel data including luminance data and color difference data, said apparatus comprising:
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allocating means for allocating each bit of the plurality of bits of the multilevel pixel data to a different spread code of a plurality of spread codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spread codes is allocated to the luminance data at a first timing but allocated to the color difference data at a second timing; and communication means for communicating the multilevel pixel data spread by the plurality of spread codes, wherein the plurality of bits of the multilevel pixel data are code-divided by the plurality of spread codes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A code division multiplex communication method for communicating multilevel pixel data comprising a plurality of bits, the multilevel pixel data including luminance data and color difference data, said method comprising the steps of:
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allocating each bit of the plurality of bits of the multilevel pixel data to a different spread code of a plurality of spread codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spread codes is allocated to the luminance data at a first timing but allocated to the color difference data at a second timing; and communicating the multilevel pixel data spread by the plurality of spread codes, wherein the plurality of bits of the multilevel pixel data are code-divided by the plurality of spread codes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A code division multiplex communication apparatus for communicating luminance data having a plurality of bits and color difference data also having a plurality of bits, said apparatus comprising:
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allocation means for allocating each of the plurality of bits of the luminance data and each of the plurality of bits of the color difference data to a corresponding one of a first and a second plurality of spreading codes; and communication means for communicating the luminance data and color difference data spread by the first and second plurality of spreading codes, wherein said communication means communicates the luminance data spread by the first plurality of spread codes and the color difference data spread by the second plurality of spread codes at a first timing, and communicates the luminance data spread by the second plurality of spread codes and the color difference data spread by the first plurality of spread codes at a second timing.
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15. A code division multiplex communication method for communicating luminance data having a plurality of bits and color difference data also having a plurality of bits, said method comprising the steps of:
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allocating each of the plurality of bits of the luminance data and each of the plurality of bits of the color difference data to a corresponding one of a first and a second plurality of spreading codes; and communicating the luminance data and the color difference data spread by the first and second plurality of spreading codes, wherein in said communicating step the luminance data spread by the first plurality of spread codes and the color difference data spread by the second plurality of spread codes are communicated at a first timing, and the luminance data spread by the second plurality of spread codes and the color difference data spread by the first plurality of spread codes are communicated at a second timing.
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16. A code division multiplex communication apparatus for communicating a plurality of image data representing an image, the plurality of image data including characteristic data obtained from the image in accordance with a characteristic of the image, said apparatus comprising:
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allocating means for allocating the plurality of image data to a plurality of spreading codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spreading codes is allocated to the characteristic data and to one of the plurality of image data other than the characteristic data at different timing; and communicating means for communicating the image data code-divided by the plurality of spreading codes allocated by said allocating means. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A code division multiplex communication method for communicating a plurality of image data representing an image, the plurality of image data including characteristic data obtained from the image in accordance with a characteristic of the image, said method comprising the steps of:
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allocating the plurality of image data to a plurality of spreading codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spreading codes is allocated to the characteristic data and to one of the plurality of image data other than the characteristic data at different timing; and communicating the image data code-divided by the plurality of spreading codes allocated in said allocating step. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A code division multiplex communication apparatus for communicating color image data including luminance data, said apparatus comprising:
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allocating means for allocating the color image data to a plurality of spreading codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spreading codes is allocated to the luminance data and to one of the plurality of color image data other than the luminance data at different timing; and communicating means for communicating the color image data code-divided by the plurality of spreading codes allocated by said allocating means. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A code division multiplex communication method for communicating a plurality of color image data including luminance data, said method comprising the steps of:
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allocating the plurality of color image data to a plurality of spreading codes in such a manner that one of the plurality of spreading codes is allocated to the luminance data and to one of the plurality of color image data other than the luminance data at different timing; and communicating the color image data code-divided by the plurality of spreading codes allocated in said allocating step. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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