Real-time time encoding and decoding machines
AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorsAurel A. Lazar, Erno K. Simonyi, Laszlo T. Toth, Adam Toth, Tiborne Laszlo Toth
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Abstract
Methods for decoding a signal encoded by a Time Encoding Machine (TEM) include defining a plurality of time-windows, each time-window corresponding to a portion of a TEM-encoded signal and made up of a plurality of trigger values, at least two of the time-windows overlapping, decoding each of the time-windows using a Time Decoding Machine (TDM) to generate a decoded time-window, and stitching the decoded time-windows together to generate a TEM-decoded signal.
Claims15
A circuit for decoding a signal encoded by a Time Encoding Machine (TEM) comprising:
- a Time Decoding Machine (TDM) for decoding a portion of a TEM-encoded signal, said TDM comprising a TDM-input and a TDM-output, said TDM-input for receiving a portion of a TEM-encoded signal over a first time-window, said TDM-output for transmitting a decoded approximated signal over said first time-window;
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- a stitching circuit, having a stitching-input connected to said TDM-output, said stitching circuit combining said decoded approximated signal over said first time-window with at least one other decoded approximated signal over a second time-window, wherein said first time-window and said second time-window overlap.
A method for decoding a signal encoded by a Time Encoding Machine (TEM) comprising:
- defining a plurality of time-windows, each time-window corresponding to a portion of a TEM-encoded signal and comprising a plurality of trigger values, at least two of said time-windows overlapping;
- decoding each of said time-windows using a Time Decoding Machine (TDM) to generate a decoded time-window;
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- stitching said decoded time-windows together to generate a TEM-decoded signal.
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