Coded data generation or conversion inventions 02/08

20080048892 - Method and system for decoding data: A system and method for decoding a received data stream is disclosed. The method includes detecting first and second data transitions of a received data stream. Each of the data transitions is of a first transition type (e.g. rising or falling transition). The time interval between the data transitions is... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080048893 - Entropy decoding methods and apparatus: Methods and apparatus for entropy decoding are disclosed. Compressed input data representing one or more signals is loaded into one or more registers. A first candidate value for a most probable signal case is prepared from the input data. A second candidate value for a least probable signal case is... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080048894 - Scalable video coding and decoding: A system and method for improved video encoding and decoding. The present invention addresses issues that arise in the H.264/AVC standard involving “high magnitude coefficients.” According to various embodiments of the present invention, an encoded end of block (EOB) symbol provides information comprising at least one of the maximum magnitude... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080048891 - Cylindrical cover-attached encoder apparatus: A cylindrical cover-attached encoder apparatus, including a magnetic metal-based body having a cylindrical shape, a magnetic rubber-based encoder having a cylindrical shape and formed around the outer peripheral surface of said magnetic metal-based cylindrical body, and a nonmagnetic material-based cover having a cylindrical shape and adapted to be mounted on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080048895 - Data encoding and decoding using slepian-wolf coded nested quantization to achieve wyner-ziv coding: A system and method for realizing a Wyner-Ziv encoder may involve the following steps: (a) apply nested quantization to input data from an information source in order to generate intermediate data; and (b) encode the intermediate data using an asymmetric Slepian-Wolf encoder in order to generate compressed output data representing... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080048896 - Gain control for interleaved analog-to-digital conversion for electronic dispersion compensation: Embodiments include a system for performing dispersion compensation on an electromagnetic signal received over a communication channel, the electromagnetic signal bearing information at a symbol rate. An interleaved analog to digital converter (“ADC”) block may be used, wherein the interleaved ADC block may be configured to generate a plurality of... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20080048897 - Phase control for interleaved analog-to-digital conversion for electronic dispersion compensation: Embodiments include a system for performing dispersion compensation on an electromagnetic signal received over a communication channel, the electromagnetic signal bearing information at a symbol rate. An interleaved analog to digital converter (“ADC”) block may be used, wherein the interleaved ADC block may be configured to generate a plurality of... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20080048898 - Continuous time noise shaping analog-to-digital converter: A system for a continuous time noise shaping analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) with a suppressed carrier pulse width modulated (“PWM”) quantizer is disclosed. In particular, a suppressed carrier feedback signal may expand the dynamic range of a sigma delta modulated ADC and enhance the stability of the noise shaping loop.... Agent: Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione Freescale

20080048899 - System and method for generating a pulse width modulated signal having variable duty cycle resolution: A system and method generate a pulse width modulated signal having variable duty cycle resolution. A hardware uses minimal hardware to improve the PWM duty cycle resolution up to 0, such that highest possible resolution of a waveform can be obtained, including a sine wave. An embodiment of the invention... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080048900 - Digital potentiometer including plural bulk impedance devices: Embodiments of a digital potentiometer are disclosed that require lesser numbers of components than conventional digital potentiometers. A first string of elemental impedance devices, and at least one bulk impedance device, are provided between first and second reference terminals. The first string of elemental impedance devices is tapped by wiper... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20080048902 - Flux-quantizing superconducting analog to digital converter (adc): A superconducting analog-to-digital converter includes a superconducting input loop to which is applied an analog voltage to be converted to a digital format. The superconducting loop includes two Josephson junctions for converting said analog input voltage into a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse stream having a frequency f1 which is... Agent: Henry I. Schanzer, Esq.

20080048901 - Multiple-bank cmos image sensor system and method: A CMOS image sensor system includes first and second groups of CMOS sensors each responsive to periodic first and second clock signal edges, the second clock signal edge being out-of-phase with the first clock signal edge. Output signals of the first group of CMOS sensors are coupled to a first... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080048903 - Radio signal receiver and gain control method thereof: A radio signal receiver in which a RF-receiving unit 12 converts a radio received signal to a baseband signal, an AD-conversion unit 15a, 15b converts that baseband received signal to a digital signal, and a baseband-processing unit 16 uses the digital signal to perform specified baseband processing, and in which... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080048904 - Thermometer code generator, and frequency-locked loop including the same: A thermometer code generator includes n bit storing stages that are coupled to each other, where n is an integer greater than 1, and the n bit storing stages store a thermometer code, and are adapted to increase the stored thermometer code by 1 in synchronization with a clock signal... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080042884 - Keyboard with wireless electronic device: A keyboard with wireless electronic device is provided. The present invention includes a body, a first transceiver and a wireless electronic device. The body includes a plurality of keys and a circuit board. The circuit board has a plurality of signal contacts corresponding to the keys. The first transceiver is... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080042885 - Hangeul input keypad and method using the same: The present invention relates to a Hangeul input keypad and a method using the same. Basic consonants and basic vowels are assigned to the Hangeul input keypad, the number of the basic consonant-assigned keys is less than that of the basic vowel-assigned keys, the consonant keys and the vowel keys... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080042886 - Sigma-delta modulator: A sigma-delta modulator arrangement is disclosed that has a mechanism for breaking down a data word of the input signal into subwords with a different significance. The disclosed sigma-delta modulator arrangement also has a plurality of sigma-delta modulators whose inputs are assigned to respective subwords of the input signal.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080042887 - Method and apparatus for detecting an analogue signal using a selection circuit: A selection circuit is used for detecting analogue signals from different inputs. For the detection of a signal switched through by means of the selection circuit, a delay time during the detection of the switched-through signal is set depending on the occurrence of a setting operation in the selection circuit.... Agent: Infineon Technologies Ag Patent Department

20080042888 - Analog to digital converter having a non-linear ramp voltage: s

20080042889 - Method and apparatus for decreasing layout area in a pipelined analog-to-digital converter: In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device. The pipelined ADC includes a first stage and a second stage. The first and second stages are configured to share a sub-ADC and a sub-digital-to-analog converter.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (micron Technology, Inc.)

20080042890 - Method, apparatus and system sharing an operational amplifier between two stages of pipelined adc and/or two channels of signal processing circuitry: A mechanism for discharging parasitic capacitance at an input of an operational amplifier, which is shared between two stages of a pipelined analog-to-digital converter and/or two channels of signal processing circuitry. The operational amplifier contains two input circuits that are time multiplexed in a manner that allows capacitance to be... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080042891 - Favorite channel remote: A remote control and methods of configuring the remote control are provided. The remote control includes a plurality of favorite channel buttons, an icon holding member having at least one surface positioned adjacent to at least one of the favorite channel buttons, and a transmitter that transmits signals, such as... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080036627 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal having a terminal body and a keypad located on the terminal body is provided. The keypad includes a plurality of keys configured to input information, a plurality of light emitting units, each light emitting unit being associated with a corresponding key of the plurality of keys to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080036629 - Apparatus, system, and method for incremental encoding conversion of xml data using java: An apparatus and method are disclosed for converting XML data to a destination encoding format. A receive module receives a request for bytes of XML data in a destination encoding format streamed from a source XML file. A transfer module transfers the requested bytes from a byte conversion buffer to... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080036630 - Apparatus and methods for searching a pattern in a compressed data: A compressed pattern matching based on LZW compressed sequences with a simple bitmap-based realization of the Amir-Benson-Farach algorithm is provided. A suffix trie for a searched pattern is determined and a LZW trie is constructed for a compressed data. For each data chunk in the compressed data a variety of... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20080036628 - Information processing apparatus and liquid detection method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a key matrix unit having a plurality of switches, a plurality of operation keys which are provided in association with a part of the plurality of switches, and a first detection unit which executes a scan process for the key matrix... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080036631 - Low output skew double data rate serial encoder: A Double Data Rate (DDR) serial encoder is provided. In one aspect, the DDR serial encoder includes a non-glitchless multiplexer and digital logic for ensuring a glitch-free encoder output. By using a non-glitchless multiplexer, the size and complexity of the encoder is significantly reduced. In another aspect, the DDR serial... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080036632 - Signal-to-noise ratio when using fewer bits than the number of output bits of an analog to digital converter: Improving signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) when using fewer bits than the number of output bits of an ADC as digital representation of the strength of the samples of an input signal. In an embodiment, an ADC generates digital values of H bits by sampling an input signal at corresponding time instances.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080036633 - Multiple fm dither: Multiple noise-FM dither. An analog dither signal is generated by summing two or more noise-FM signals, each noise-FM signal being a carrier modulated by a noise source.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080036634 - Common mode management between a current-steering dac and transconductance filter in a transmission system: Common mode management between a DAC, such as a current-steering DAC, and a transconductance filter in a high-frequency transmission system. In one aspect of the invention, a transmission circuit includes a DAC that provides an analog signal from an input digital signal, and a filter such as a transconductance filter... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080036635 - Digital-to-analog converter and method thereof: A digitally controlled analog circuit comprises a finite state machine configured for receiving a digital input word and generating at least two digital codes in a manner determined by a state of the finite state machine. The digital codes are decoded into respective sets of binary data. The sets of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080036637 - Current addition type digital analog converter: A digital analog converter includes a current conversion section and a voltage conversion section. The current conversion section has a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The first output terminal outputs a first current and a second output terminal outputs a second current, the first current varying in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080036636 - Reduced noise radio frequency integrated circuit: A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a digital to analog converter, an analog to digital converter, and a low noise amplifier. The digital to analog converter (DAC) is operably coupled to convert outbound symbols into outbound baseband signals, wherein the digital to analog converter is fabricated within a DAC... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080036640 - Pseudo-differential analog front end circuit and image processing device: An image processing device is provided which includes a pseudo differential analog front end circuit for receiving at least one image analog signal and generating at least one digital signal. The pseudo differential analog front end circuit includes at least a converting circuit, each of which includes a clamper, an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080036639 - Reference voltage generation circuit and pipe line analog-to-digital converter using the same: A reference voltage generation circuit for a plurality of reference generation voltages and a pipe line analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using the same are provided. The reference voltage generation circuit including a charging capacitor for stabilizing the reference voltages charges the charging capacitor prior to the generation of the reference voltages,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080036638 - Analog/digital converter: An A-D converter utilizing V-F conversion is realized that is capable of performing A-D conversion with high precision without increasing conversion frequency. Two VCOs are provided to find a V-F conversion value that is less than a period of the main VCO by making use of a period difference between... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080036641 - Analog digital converter: An analog/digital converter for converting an analog signal to a digital output code includes a local digital analog converter including a segmented array. The segmented array includes upper and lower segments of conversion elements selectively operable by respective digital command codes for respectively varying, according to binary weighted contributions, the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080036642 - Remote control multimedia content listing system: A remote control multimedia content listing system for providing an updated content listing of various media within a remote control. The remote control multimedia content listing system includes a remote control having a housing, a display, a keypad, and an electronic system for receiving configuration data from a control station... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080030381 - Method and apparatus for an enhanced absolute position sensor system: An absolute position of a rotating axis is sensed at a desired resolution by employing two or more absolute encoders of a resolution that is lower than the desired resolution. A first absolute encoder that rotates in concert with the axis being sensed and a second absolute encoder that rotates... Agent: John P Taylor

20080030382 - Real number coding apparatus: A real number coding apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus receives a plurality of real numbers that is composed of a plurality of bits. The apparatus selects a bit corresponding to a certain condition, such as the bits at the same position. The plurality of bits is then coded to generate... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.C.

20080030384 - Encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, encoding method, computer readable medium storing program thereof, and computer data signal: This invention provides an encoding apparatus including a group generating unit that puts plural information values to be compressed together and generates a group of information values to be compressed; a code assignment unit that assigns a code to each group generated by the group generating unit; and an information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080030385 - Method for transforming a digital signal from the time domain into the frequency domain and vice versa: A method for transforming a digital signal from the time domain into the frequency domain and vice versa using a transformation function comprising a transformation matrix, the digital signal comprising data symbols which are grouped into a plurality of blocks, each block comprising a predefined number of the data symbols.... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20080030380 - Input device: An input device is disclosed that includes keys on a first surface and a second surface of the input device. At least some of the keys are operably coupled to a matrix including a switch for each key therein. When one of the keys is pressed, the corresponding switch is... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080030383 - Method and apparatus for lexical analysis using parallel bit streams: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for lexical analysis of a character stream including: (a) generating one or more parallel property bit streams in response to the character stream; (b) generating one or more lexical item streams in response to the one or more parallel property bit... Agent: Michael B. Einschlag, Esq.

20080030386 - Integrated circuit, self-test method for the integrated circuit, and optical disc apparatus including the integrated circuit: An integrated circuit includes an AD converter and a self-test circuit configured to test the AD converter. The self-test circuit includes a clock generator which generates a clock for allowing the AD converter to AD-convert an external sine wave signal externally input, a sine wave generator which generates an internal... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080030387 - Pilot-tone calibration for time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters: A self-calibrating analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes multiple component ADCs to generate respective digital representations of an input signal in response to respective timing signals that are offset in phase from one another, each component ADC having a gain setting that controls a magnitude of the digital representations. The... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080030388 - Method and apparatus for reduced power consumption adc conversion: s

20080030389 - Digital to analog converter and conversion method: A digital to analog converter including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, an operational amplifier, and a switch is disclosed. During a first period, the first capacitor stores a first voltage and the second capacitor stores a second voltage. The operational amplifier comprises an input and an output. The switch... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080030390 - Digital to analog converter and source driver: A digital to analog converter (DAC) converting digital data into a corresponding analog voltage is disclosed. The digital data includes upper bit data and lower bit data and the DAC includes; a first resistor circuit dividing first and second reference voltages to output a plurality of first division voltages, a... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080030391 - Multiplexed signal conditioner: A signal conditioning circuit time share multiplexes anti-aliasing filters and an A/D converter. A plurality of first tier multiplexers each time share multiplex one of a plurality of antialiasing filters between a plurality of AC or baseband input signals from a plurality of sensors. A second tier multiplexer selects its... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080030392 - A/d converter: In an A/D converter, each preamp 102 includes a preamp gain adjusting circuit 109. The preamp gain adjusting circuit 109 suppresses the gain of the preamp 102 and restricts a positive-negative output potential difference of the preamp only when the positive-negative output potential difference of the preamp 102 exceeds a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP