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Start code detector    
United States Patent5603012   
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Inventor(s)Sotheran; Martin W. (Dursley, GB)
AbstractA multi-standard video decompression apparatus has a plurality of stages interconnected by a two-wire interface arranged as a pipeline processing machine. Control tokens and DATA Tokens pass over the single two-wire interface for carrying both control and data in token format. A token decode circuit is positioned in certain of the stages for recognizing certain of the tokens as control tokens pertinent to that stage and for passing unrecognized control tokens along the pipeline. Reconfiguration processing circuits are positioned in selected stages and are responsive to a recognized control token for reconfiguring such stage to handle an identified DATA Token. A wide variety of unique supporting subsystem circuitry and processing techniques are disclosed for implementing the system.
   














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Inventor     Sotheran; Martin W. (Dursley, GB)
Owner/Assignee     Discovision Associates (Irvine, CA)
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Publication Date     February 11, 1997
Application Number     08/400,201
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Filing Date     March 7, 1995
US Classification     712/208 370/450
Int'l Classification     G06F 013/37
Examiner     Teska; Kevin J.
Assistant Examiner     Frejd; Russell W.
Attorney/Law Firm     Clark; Ronald J. Braun; Robert T. , Bickel; Arthur S. ,
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Parent Case     This is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/400,397 concurrently filed herewith, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08-382,958 filed Feb. 2, 1995, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/082,291 filed Jun. 24, 1993 now abandoned. This application claims priority from EPO Application No. 92306038.8 filed Jun. 30, 1992, British Application No. 9405914.4 filed Mar. 24, 1994 and British Application No. (not yet known) filed Feb. 28, 1995.
Priority Data     Jun 30, 1992[EP]92306038 Mar 24, 1994[GB]9405914 Feb 28, 1995[GB]9504019
USPTO Field of Search     395/500 395/250 370/85.4 370/85.5 358/167 348/426 348/402 348/466
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