Method and system for encoder signal processing
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorChristopher Jensen Read
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing an encoded signal with an encoder. The encoder includes an encoding stage and a selection stage. The encoder receives a first external encoded signal, a first external unencoded signal and an external selection signal. The encoding stage encodes the first external unencoded signal to generate a first internal encoded signal. The selection stage internally routes within the encoder one of the first external encoded signal and the first internal encoded signal to an output of the encoder in response to the external selection signal.
Claims16
A method of providing an encoded signal with an encoder, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first external encoded signal with the encoder;
- receiving a first external unencoded signal with the encoder;
- receiving an external selection signal with the encoder;
- encoding the first external unencoded signal with the encoder to generate a first internal encoded signal;
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- internally routing within the encoder one of the first external encoded signal and the first internal encoded signal to an output of the encoder in response to the external selection signal.
An encoder, comprising:
- a first input configured to receive a first external encoded signal;
- a second input configured to receive a first external unencoded signal;
- a selection input configured to receive an external selection signal;
- an encoding stage configured to encode the first external unencoded signal to generate a first internal encoded signal;
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- a selection stage responsive to the external selection signal, wherein the selection stage is configured to internally route within the encoder one of the first external encoded signal and the first internal encoded signal to an output of the encoder.
An encoder, comprising:
- a first input configured to receive a first external encoded signal;
- a second input configured to receive a first external unencoded signal;
- a selection input configured to receive an external selection signal;
- means for encoding the first external unencoded signal to generate a first internal encoded signal;
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- means responsive to the external selection signal for internally routing within the encoder one of the first external encoded signal and the first internal encoded signal to an output of the encoder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.