Coded data generation or conversion inventions 06/07

20070146171 - Optical encoder device for small-sized motor and method of producing the same: A photosensor module is composed of a light-receiving element module accommodating a light-receiving element, and a light-emitting element module accommodating a light-emitting element, which modules are separate, paired components. One of the paired light-receiving element module and light-emitting element module is mounted on a printed circuit board of a board... Agent: Mcglew And Tuttle, P.C.

20070146169 - Control unit for electric power steering apparatus: Since an abnormality is judged by executing a square calculating process with respect to sin θ and cos θ for detecting an abnormality in an angular resolver, a processing time is elongated, and a burden to a CPU is great. Since the invention prepares a map which can judge whether... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146170 - Video processing method and apparatus: A video processing method and apparatus to employing an analog user interface and a digital video decoder. A working mode is provided, according to which analog control signals from the analog user interface are selectively directed to an analog-to-digital converter. The analog control signal is converted to digital control signal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070146173 - Coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, coding method, decoding method and program: An encoding and decoding apparatus is provided. In a coding process, a relation between a matching length and a matching-length code is dynamically changed in order to independently switch the matching length that can be expressed by the matching-length code from one value to another. By using a slide window... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070146172 - Device for treating audio signals, especially for treating audiophonatory disorders: A device for digital treatment of audio signals, especially for treating patients with audiophonatory disorders. The device includes an analog audiofrequency signal input, an analog-digital encoder, an envelope detector, a digital limiter, a multiplier, a synthesizer, and a digital-analog converter. The analog-digital encoder reflects an input analog audiofrequency signal by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146174 - Method for dividing a number by a fraction having a number in the form of a power of 2 at the numerator: A method divides a number N1 by a number which can be written in the form 2n/k, n and k being whole numbers, and obtains a result N2. The result N2 is calculated by adding terms N1*Ki/2n-i for i ranging from 0 to N, the terms Ki being the constituent... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070146175 - Transmission system and method: A transmission system and method may be provided. The transmission system may transmit 2-bit data for each transmission line set and each transmission line set may include first, second and/or third transmission lines arranged in order. The first, second and/or third transmission lines may respectively transmit first, second and/or third... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070146176 - Sample rate conversion combined with filter: Digital filtering and sample rate conversion blocks are combined in order to reduce hardware and/or computational complexity. A novel filter design is used to perform sample rate conversion. The filter may be combined with another digital filter. Two embodiments may be used to achieve this function. In a first embodiment,... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20070146177 - Sample rate conversion combined with filter: Digital filtering and sample rate conversion blocks are combined in order to reduce hardware and/or computational complexity. Input data samples provided at a first sample rate are converted to output data samples at a second sample rate unequal to the first sample rate. An Infinite Impulse Response filter having internal... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20070146178 - Distributed memory in field-programmable gate array integrated circuit devices: Circuitry for facilitating the use of the memory elements in the look-up tables (“LUTs”) of a field programmable gate array (“FPGA”) as user-accessible, distributed RAM. For example, a register associated with a LUT and that is not needed in the read data path in user RAM mode can be used... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070146179 - Digital linearizing system: A signal processing method includes receiving a digital signal includes a plurality of samples associated with a plurality of original sampling times, wherein the original sampling times have a period of T; generating, based on the digital signal, a nominal phase shifted signal having a plurality of nominal phase shifted... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070146180 - Interpolation apparatus in encoder: An interpolation apparatus in an encoder includes an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing a sine wave signal and a cosine wave signal, respectively. An amplitude level detecting circuit detects each amplitude level of the digitized sine wave signal and cosine wave signal. A computing circuit multiplies the amplitude level of one... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070146181 - Digital background calibration for time-interlaced analog-to-digital converters: The present invention provides for background calibration of a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter (TIADC). In one embodiment, a background calibrator includes a TIADC having a parallel array of time-interleaved main signal processors, each main signal processor including an ADC connected to a corresponding output FIR filter. The background calibrator also includes... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20070146183 - High-speed digital multiplexer: A high-speed digital multiplexer is disclosed, The multiplexer includes a plurality of input pins for receiving a plurality of digital input signals ad switching circuitry coupled to the input pins. The switching circuitry has respective outputs coupled to a common node and is operative to enable a selected one of... Agent: Teradyne, Inc. C/o Foley & Larder, LLP

20070146182 - Self-calibrating current source arrays: One apparatus includes an array of current sources, a digital memory, and a calibration circuit. The digital memory is configured to store one set of digital calibration values for each of the current sources and to apply each stored set of digital calibration values to the corresponding current source to... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20070146184 - Signal processing circuit: A signal processing circuit includes an auto gain control circuit and amplifies a signal with an amplification ratio determined based on a synchronous signal level having a positive potential with respect to a black level included in a high definition television video signal. In consequence, during the processing of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070146185 - Sample rate conversion combined with dsm: Digital to Analog Conversion and sample conversion blocks are combined in order to reduce hardware and/or computational complexity. A novel DSM design is used to perform sample rate conversion. The DSM may also be used to perform other digital filtering functions, thus providing a single hardware/software technique to perform both... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20070146186 - Bandwidth enhancement by time interleaving multiple digital to analog converters: A digital-to-analog converting system for producing an interleaved analog signal with enhanced bandwidth includes a first digital-to-analog converter for receiving a first digital data stream and converting the first digital data stream to a first analog signal and a second digital-to-analog converter for receiving a second digital data stream and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070146187 - Reference voltage generators for use in display applications: A multi-reference voltage generator includes an interface controller, a first bank of N m-bit registers and a second bank of N m-bit registers. A first multiplexer has inputs connected to outputs of the first and second bank of registers. An m-bit digital-to-analog (DAC) has an m-bit parallel input connected to... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070146191 - Analog-to-digital converter: An analog-to-digital converter includes a track hold circuit, a reference voltage generating circuit, a switched capacitor circuit, a preamplifier that amplifies a voltage held by the switched capacitor circuit, a comparator that generates a logic level corresponding to an output from the preamplifier, and an encoder that converts the logic... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070146192 - Analog-to-digital converter and threshold-value correcting method: An analog-to-digital converter includes a track-and-hold circuit, a constant-voltage source, a threshold voltage selection circuit, a first comparator to a seventh comparator, an encoder, and a reference voltage output circuit. In a correction mode where the offsets of the first to seventh comparators are to be corrected, a track-and-hold circuit... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146188 - Digitizer with enhanced accuracy: Systems and techniques for converting an analog input signal to a digital code are described. A system includes a differential stage to produce a sign bit indicative of a sign of the analog input signal and to generate a first analog signal that is approximately equal to an absolute value... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070146190 - Display driving apparatus and method for controlling output gray voltage level: A display driving apparatus and method adjusts output gray voltage levels applied to a display driving apparatus that converts input data into a corresponding output voltage and displays an image. The driving method includes generating a plurality of gray voltages N times more than the number of output gray voltages... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070146189 - Dsp with variable sample frequency: An implantable medical device including a sampling scheme to obtain digital representation from analog signals is disclosed. The analog signals represent intracardiac activity. Generally, a detector detects the amplitude of the analog signals and generates first and second difference signals. The first difference signal is generated after detection of significant... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070146193 - Remote control device and information reproducing system: A remote control device of the present invention is equipped with a plurality of direction keys corresponding to a plurality of switches equally divided in a main body portion of the device. Moreover, in a case where the respective direction keys are individually operated, data in response to the operated... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070146194 - Encoding circuit and digital signal processing circuit: An encoding circuit is disclosed which comprises: a data-for-encoding storing register that stores n-bit data for encoding; a data-for-calculation storing register that stores m-bit data for calculation generated by shifting the data for encoding; a shifter that shifts the data for encoding stored in the data-for-encoding storing register, and shifts... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070139225 - Key input apparatus and method: A key input apparatus and method includes a first key input unit, when any one of a plurality of keys of a first group is pressed, to output first data corresponding to the pressed key, a second key input unit, when any one of a plurality of keys of a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070139224 - Apparatus and method for an accelerated thumbwheel on a communications device: An accelerated roller apparatus on a handheld electronic communications device that handles urgency conditions. The device includes a manipulable mechanism that is capable of generating a manipulation-related signal. Changes in the signal occur whenever motion is imparted upon the manipulable mechanism. An urgency activity detector module generates an urgency message... Agent: John V. Biernacki

20070139226 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for iteratively providing feedback via a user interface for multi-character, multi-mode alphanumeric data entry: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for receiving input from a multi-function momentary switch by providing feedback from a user interface for each function associated with the switch. According to one method, alphanumeric input values are associated with a momentary switch. Each of the alphanumeric input values is... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor, P.A.

20070139233 - Character string processing apparatus, character string processing method, and image-forming apparatus: A character string processing apparatus converting a character string encoded by a first encoding method to a second encoding method selected from a plurality of encoding methods is disclosed. The character string processing apparatus includes an encoding method determination part that selects the encoding methods, obtains, with respect to each... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139230 - Decoder circuit: The decoder circuit includes: a power supply control circuit for supplying a first voltage; first and second transistors connected in series between the power supply control circuit and a first reference node; and third and fourth transistors connected between a connection node between the first and second transistors and a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070139229 - Method and apparatus for encoding blocks of data with a blocks oriented code and for decoding such blocks with a controllable latency decoding, in particular for a wireless communication system of the wlan or wpan type: To control a decoding latency, larger blocks are nonequally segmented into smaller ones. The decoding process starts directly after reception of the first small block. The latency is defined by the latency of the last small block decoding. Changing the number of iterations during the turbo-code decoding also permits control... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070139228 - Methods and apparatus for processing variable length coded data: An apparatus for processing variable length coded data includes a coefficient buffer unit and several lookup tables. The coefficient buffer unit includes a coefficient memory and an index register for storing an indication of a non-zero nature of coefficients stored in the coefficient memory. Advantageously, the lookup tables may be... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070139227 - Methods, systems and computer-readable media for compressing data: An approach is described for the compression of input data, and particularly one which is suited for providing a lossless method for compressing random input data. Both a compression algorithm is described, as well as a decompression algorithm for restoring the original uncompressed data. The decompression algorithm allows for its... Agent: Martin & Henson, P.C.

20070139232 - Next generation 8b10b architecture: Eight-bit ten-bit (8B10B) coding is provided in a hard intellectual property (IP) block with the capability of supporting a greater range of data rates (e.g., data rates less than, equal to, and greater than 3.125 Gbps). Each channel of high speed serial interface circuitry includes receiver circuitry having two 8B10B... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070139231 - Systems and methods for enterprise-wide data identification, sharing and management in a commercial context: Systems and methods for digital liability management, digital rights management and extrusion detection. The system includes identification components that identify particular data transiting a network.... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070139235 - Floating point signal reversible encoding method, decoding method, device thereof, program, and recording medium thereof: The average amplitude of the samples in a signal sample sequence X in a floating-point format is determined for each frame. If the average amplitude is greater than a predetermined value, an integer formatting part 12 converts the sequence X into a signal sample sequence Y in a 16-bit integer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139234 - System for speeding up the arithmetic coding processing and method thereof: A system for speeding up the arithmetic coding processing and method thereof is used in a calculating method in which when the input data are two successive same pixel values and the context values (CX) thereof. The output interval size A and base C are determined by adding a set... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070139236 - Variable length coding algorithm for multiple coding modes: A novel algorithm is shown that allows efficient generation of Variable Length Codes using a Very Large Instruction Word processor with multiple execution units. The code generation is parallelized to take advantage of the multiple execution units, significantly reducing the cycle count and the execution time.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070139237 - Look-up table structure with embedded carry logic: A look up table (LUT) structure, comprising: a first intermediate LUT stage comprising a LUT value input and an output; and a configurable multiplexer (MUX) comprising: an input coupled to a carry in logic signal; and an output coupled to said LUT value input of first intermediate LUT stage; wherein,... Agent: Raminda U. Madurawe

20070139238 - Input signal dependent signal conditioning: A circuit has an analog to digital converter (33) for digitally processing a sensor signal. The sensor signal has signal components representing information (31) and further signal components (32), e.g. bias current or interference. Before converting the sensor signal to the digital domain the input signal is conditioned depending on... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070139239 - Signa-delta modulation with offset: Techniques for performing ΣΔ modulation with offset in order to reduce out-of-band quantization noise are described. In an exemplary oversampling DAC that implements ΣΔ modulation with offset, an interpolation filter performs upsampling and interpolation filtering on data samples to generate input samples. A summer adds an offset to the input... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070139240 - Continuous-time delta-sigma analog digital converter: The invention relates to a continuous-time delta-sigma analog digital converter (10) for converting an analog input signal (IN) to a digital output signal (OUT), comprising an analog filter (20), which filters the analog input signal, a quantifier (30) cycled by a clock signal (CLK), which quantifier quantifies the filtered analog... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070139241 - Current mode sigma-delta modulator: Exemplary sigma-delta modulators include a summing block configured to receive an input signal, a noise shaping unit configured to process an output signal of the summing block, a quantizer configured to quantize an output signal of the noise shaping unit, and a current-mode digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”) configured to convert an... Agent: Steven L. Nichols Rader, Fishman & Graver PLLC

20070139243 - Coding method for digital to analog converter of a sar analog to digital converter: A method for coding a digital to analog converter of a successive approximation register analog to digital converter includes the steps of first switching capacitors associated with a bit from ground to a reference voltage. Next, a determination is made of whether a logical value of the bit is a... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070139242 - Analog to digital converter circuit with offset reduction and image sensor using the same: An image sensor may be improved by using ADCs that compensate for the effect of comparator input offset on comparator decisions. Offset compensation may be implemented in an ADC by using an amplifier section between the input of the ADC and a comparator section of the ADC to amplify the... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070139244 - Capacitive level shifting for analog signal processing: An analog processing block is arranged to receive an input signal through an AC coupling circuit. A digitally programmable voltage reference (DPVR) circuit is arranged to provide selection of a voltage reference that is DC coupled through a high impedance circuit to the AC coupling circuit. The input to the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070139245 - Signal selecting circuit and recording medium having program recorded thereon: A signal selecting circuit is disclosed which outputs a first and a second digital signals by converting a first and a second analog signals into digital signals, the first and the second analog signals being the same or different signals selected from a plurality of analog signals, the signal selecting... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070139246 - Remote-controllable dashboard: A remote-controllable meter/gauge dashboard includes a plurality of meters/gauges, each having an indication surface having a digital display or a pointer-based dial, a receiver arranged inside each meter/gauge, an indicator mounted on the indication surface. Each meter/gauge has a setting-adjustable parameter. A remote controller includes a keyboard module having a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070132612 - Magnetic encoder: A magnetic encoder is provided for use in a wheel bearing that forms a pulse train by means of a magnetic force and generates a code. The magnetic encoder is obtained by radially magnetizing a magnetic rubber ring with alternate S poles and N poles, wherein the magnetic rubber ring... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070132613 - Digital signal processing integrated circuit with io connections: A digital signal processing integrated circuit contains an array of interconnected and programmed or programmable digital signal processors (10). Configurable multiplexing circuits (12), are placed between IO connections (11a,b) and the IO ports of at least a plurality of the digital signal processors (10). The multiplexing circuits (12) are configured... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070132614 - Method and system for performing character-based streaming of mixed-byte encoded data: A method and system for performing streaming of character-based data is disclosed. The method and system include fetching a block of data and converting at least a portion of the block of the data into at least a part of a character. The character-based data includes the block of the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070132615 - Sample rate converter with selectable sampling rate and timing reference: A sample rate converter includes an up-conversion module, a linear interpolator module, and a parameter control module. The up-conversion module is operable to convert a first data rate to a second data rate of a data signal. The linear interpolator module is operable to receive the data signal at the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070132616 - Correction of static mismatch errors in a d/a converter: Methods, articles of manufacture and systems for the correction of static mismatch errors in D/A converters, where an input word, being the digital representation of an analog input signal, is divided into one most significant part, msb-word, and one least significant part, lsb-word, where msb-word is represented by msb-bits and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Gero Mcclellan / Infineon / Qimonda

20070132617 - Variable gain and multiplexing in a digital calibration for an analog-to-digital converter: A method and apparatus to provide a variable voltage source for calibrating an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) by efficient decoding of a multiplexer control signal. A multiplexer efficiently decodes the multiplexer control signal to provide a variable calibration source that has a high-accuracy digital control. The multiplexer senses the multiplexer control... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070132618 - Multi-bit adc with sigma-delta modulation: There is provided a pulse oximeter circuit including a feedback circuit configured to receive a digital output signal of a multi-bit sigma-delta modulator and generate a pulse width modulated signal (PWM). The PWM signal is directed to a first switching circuit and a D flip-flop. The first switching circuit provides... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20070132620 - Array substrate and display device: An array substrate includes: a plurality of signal line groups, each of which is a set of a plurality of signal lines; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, each of which is connected to the signal lines on a pixel-to-pixel basis; a plurality of DA conversion circuits which are provided... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070132619 - Calibration circuitry: Circuitry includes a multiplexer to output first data and second data in response to a clock signal, the clock signal having rising and falling clock edges, where the multiplexer outputs first data at a rising clock edge and outputs second data at a falling clock edge. The circuitry includes a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070132621 - Data driver and driving method of organic light emitting display device using the same: A data driver capable of generating data signals with desired voltage values. The data driver includes a first digital-analog converter including a plurality of first switches, the first digital-analog converter selecting two reference voltages from among a plurality of reference voltages by turning on two of the first switches corresponding... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070132622 - Voltage output digital-to-analog converter circuit: According to this invention, there is provided a voltage output digital-to-analog converter circuit, including other ones of the second resistive elements and third resistive elements having a desired resistance value are series-connected between the other ends of the second resistive elements, which are connected to switching elements of the plurality... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 000449, 001701

20070132628 - Analog to digital converter with dynamic power configuration: In an embodiment, an analog to digital converter (ADC) has a dynamic power circuit. The ADC has a track-and-hold circuit with an output and a track mode. The ADC also has a comparator with an input. A preamplifier is coupled between the track-and-hold output and the comparator input. At least... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070132624 - Audio codec adapted to dual bit-streams and methods for use therewith: A audio codec includes a first analog to digital converter for producing a first one-bit data stream, a second one-bit data stream is received from a digital microphone. A selection module produces a one-bit output signal that is the first one-bit data stream when a selection signal is in a... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070132626 - Digitally corrected sar converter including a correction dac: An analog to digital converter having improved differential non-linearity is provided. The converter has a memory which is used to look up the actual weight or a weight error corresponding to the bits that have been kept as part of the SAR process to form an output correction value A... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070132627 - Programmable settling for high speed analog to digital converter: In an embodiment, an apparatus and method reduces a calibration settling time in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC has a reference voltage supply. The reference voltage supply has an output. A filter capacitor is coupled to the reference voltage supply output. An isolation transistor is series-coupled between the filter... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070132625 - System and method for common mode calibration in an analog to digital converter: A conversion circuit increases a gain of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) preamplifier by minimizing a common mode offset voltage between an input signal and a reference signal. The feedback controller circuit calibrates an input common mode voltage to mitigate a common mode offset voltage. Reduction of the common mode offset... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070132623 - Wireless receiver circuit with merged adc and filter: A CMOS hybrid analog-digital receiver core where filtering and gain functions are implemented in the digital domain. The analog portion of the receiver core includes standard circuits such as a low noise amplifier for receiving an RF input signal, and a mixer circuit for down-converting the RF input signal to... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070132629 - Dual residue pipelined ad converter: Consistent with an example embodiment, there is dual residue pipelined AD converter comprising a cascade of, preferably balanced, switched capacitor dual residue converter stages for producing from first and second residue input signals one or more digital bits and first and second residue output signals for application to the next... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070126606 - Keypad module: A keypad module comprises a plurality of keys, receivers, and props. Each of the keys has a first pressing region and a second pressing region on an exposed surface thereof. A first receiver is disposed under the first pressing region for generating a first signal while the first pressing region... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126609 - Data byte insertion circuitry: A data byte insertion circuit includes circuitry to generate derivative intermediate data words from input data words of a current and a preceding cycle, repositioning data bytes of the input data words before and after data byte insertion points of the current and preceding cycles, and circuitry to generate re-aligned... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070126608 - Efficient decoding of n-tuple variable bit length symbols: Methods and systems that leverage the advantages of Huffman coding to increase processing efficiency of a data-stream while simultaneously minimizing storage requirements are provided. Decoding efficiency and table storage requirements can be balanced to produce systems that can be adapted for use in high-end network infrastructure applications and for low-resourced... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070126607 - Interpolating encoder utilizing a frequency multiplier: An encoder having a detector and an optical system that generates an image of a code strip on the detector is disclosed. The image includes a plurality of light and dark stripes, the detector generating a plurality of sinusoidal signals differing in phase from one another as the code strip... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070126610 - Balanced disparity frame sync: A coder is fed with pre-coded data such that the absolute value of the RDS of the code words as produced by the coder is limited. This is achieved by ensuring that in a group of 2 code words the RDS of the first code word is compensated by the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070126611 - Representations of compressed video: A method of compressing digital data includes the steps of (i) reading digital data as a series of binary coded words representing a context and a code word to be compressed, (ii) calculating distribution output data from the input data and assigning variable length code words to the result; and... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070126612 - Variable length data encapsulation and encoding: Systems, apparatus, and methods of encoding variable length data for efficient transport over a wireless channel. A wireless terminal can determine a frame size to encode, and can encode and transmit the frame data as one or more encoded blocks selected from a family of block sizes. Each block size... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070126613 - Apparatus and method for processing analog signals and outputting digitally converted analog signals using serial bus: Provided are an apparatus and method for processing analog monitoring signals by using a serial bus. The apparatus includes a multiplexer receiving at least one analog signal and outputting only one of the at least one analog signal in response to a predetermined control signal; an analog-to-digital converter converting the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070126614 - Digital signal analyzing: The present invention relates to a method and a corresponding system for analyzing a digital signal, in particular a method for determining bit error rates of a digital signal, said method comprising the step of: sampling said digital signal or sampling a sampled signal of said digital signal with a... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070126617 - Current source cell arrangement and digital-to-analog converter: An object of the present invention is to form a highly accurate current source for D/A converters. Letters from a1 to an where n is at least 4 represent current source cells that output constant currents, each of which is composed of MOS transistors etc. These current source cells are... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070126616 - Dynamically linearized digital-to-analog converter: Provided is a digital-to-analog converter converting a digital signal into an analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter includes a decoder for selecting a current source from digital inputs, a current switch driver for driving a current switch of the current source, and a random selection switch disposed between the decoder and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070126615 - Multi-bit sigma-delta modulator and digital-to-analog converter with one digital-to-analog capacitor: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for a sigma-delta modulator is provided. The DAC has a switched capacitor structure using an operational amplifier (OP amp) and performs a function exceeding 3-level using a switching method employing only one capacitor in single ended form. Thus, DAC non-linearity caused by capacitor mismatching does not... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070126618 - Display device drive device, display device, and drive device or display device check method: A display device drive device includes a signal processing section (20) for correcting an input digital image signal and outputting a digital corrected signal, an analog signal output section (30) for outputting an analog image signal to a plurality of image output terminals (1), a signal switching selection (40) for... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070126619 - Integrated cmos temperature sensor and analog to digital converter: A device and method for efficiently monitoring temperature and providing analog to digital conversion is described. In one embodiment, a single cell temperatures sensor and analog to digital converter, operable in two modes, is provided. The temperature sensor and analog to digital converter may share common components in order to... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation