(19)
(11) EP 1 965 497 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
05.10.2011 Bulletin 2011/40

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
01.06.2011 Bulletin 2011/22

(21) Application number: 07425116.6

(22) Date of filing: 01.03.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H03M 7/40(2006.01)

(54)

Distributed arithmetic coding method

Verteiltes arithmetisches Kodierverfahren

Procédé de codage arithmétique distribué

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(43) Date of publication of application:
03.09.2008 Bulletin 2008/36

(73) Proprietor: SISVEL TECHNOLOGY SRL
10060 None (TO) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Grangetto, Marco
    10064 Pinerolo (TO) (IT)
  • Magli, Enrico
    10131 Torino (IT)
  • Olmo, Gabriella
    10025 Pino Torinese (TO) (IT)

(74) Representative: Camolese, Marco 
Metroconsult S.r.L. Via Sestriere 100
10060 None (TO)
10060 None (TO) (IT)


(56) References cited: : 
US-A1- 2002 176 494
   
  • QIAN ZHAO ET AL: "Lossless and Near-Lossless Source Codingfor Multiple Access Networks" IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, vol. 49, no. 1, January 2003 (2003-01), XP011074673 ISSN: 0018-9448
  • THOMAS GUIONNET ET AL: "Soft decoding and synchronization of arithmetic and quasi-arithmetic codes : application to image transmission over noisy channels" JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERT GROUP CONFERENCE, CROWBOROUGH : JPEG FORUM LTD, GB, 22 July 2003 (2003-07-22), XP017205077
   
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