GB2367703B - Coding device and method - Google Patents

Coding device and method

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GB2367703B
GB2367703B GB0200835A GB0200835A GB2367703B GB 2367703 B GB2367703 B GB 2367703B GB 0200835 A GB0200835 A GB 0200835A GB 0200835 A GB0200835 A GB 0200835A GB 2367703 B GB2367703 B GB 2367703B
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coding
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Kanji Mihara
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Sony Corp
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GB0200835A 1997-12-08 1998-12-08 Coding device and method Expired - Fee Related GB2367703B (en)

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JP33669497 1997-12-08
GB9917432A GB2337392B (en) 1997-12-08 1998-12-08 Coding device and method

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WO1995026111A2 (en) * 1994-03-17 1995-09-28 Philips Electronics N.V. An encoder buffer having an effective size which varies automatically with the channel bit-rate
WO1996026596A1 (en) * 1995-02-23 1996-08-29 Motorola Inc. Method, rate controller, and system for preventing overflow and underflow of a decoder buffer

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WO1995026111A2 (en) * 1994-03-17 1995-09-28 Philips Electronics N.V. An encoder buffer having an effective size which varies automatically with the channel bit-rate
WO1996026596A1 (en) * 1995-02-23 1996-08-29 Motorola Inc. Method, rate controller, and system for preventing overflow and underflow of a decoder buffer

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