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Error correction method

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1986-04-10
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Granted: 1988-06-07
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Expires: 2006-04-10
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Abstract

Abstract In an error correcting method for a block of data having first and second error correction codes based on first and second series of symbols within the data block, error correction is performed repeatedly by alternately using the first and second code series, to achieve the maximum error correcting capability, without reference to the result of a previous error correction using the other series.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoichiro Sako
  • 👤 Shinichi Yamamura
  • 👤 Masayuki Arai

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 19:33
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03M; H03M13/00; H03M13/29; H03M13/2948; H03M13/2906; H03M13/2921; H03M13/03; H03M13/05; H03M13/13; H03M13/15; H03M13/151; H03M13/1515

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
An error correcting mehod for a data block made up of a predetermined number of symbols, in which a first and a second series of error correcting codes are added to said data, the method comprising the steps of; performing an error correcting process repeatedly correcting said data by use of said first and second series of error correcting codes, checking for error existence during performance of said error correcting process, using said first and second series of error correcting codes, detecting the occurance of a data request signal for requesting the error-corrected data, and terminating execution of the error correcting process when a predetermined condition is satisfied, said condition being realized when no error is detected by said error checking step before said data request signal is received or when said data request signal is received even though said error correcting process is in operation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
An error correcting mehod for a data block made up of a predetermined number of symbols, in which a first and a second series of error correcting codes are added to said data, the method comprising the steps of; performing an error correcting process repeatedly correcting said data by use of said first and second series of error correcting codes, checking for error existence during performance of said error correcting process, using said first and second series of error correcting codes, detecting the occurance of a data request signal for requesting the error-corrected data, and terminating execution of the error correcting process when a predetermined condition is satisfied, said condition being realized when no error is detected by said error checking step before said data request signal is received or when said data request signal is received even though said error correcting process is in operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
The method according to claim 1, including the step of alternately using said first and second code series, respectively, in said error correcting process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 32 words
The method according to claim 2, includidng the step of performing said correcting of data using each of said series without using the result of a previous error correction as input information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
The method according to claim 1, including the step of issuing a request for a new supply of said data in response to detection of an error during performance of said error correcting process.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said error correcting process is executed at least once using either said first or second code series.

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