Patents by Inventor Hans S. Witsenhausen

Hans S. Witsenhausen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4191970
    Abstract: Error-correcting code theory is utilized in a video signal interframe coding system which requires no transmitter frame memory. In the transmitter, each of a plurality of n-bit words representing respective portions of the current frame is transformed into the corresponding k-bit syndrome of a selected (n,k) error-correcting code. As the syndrome of each word is received at the receiver, the corresponding word from the previous frame is read out of a receiver frame memory and its syndrome is formed. The received and formed syndromes are subtracted from one another and passed through an error-correcting code decoder. The previous-frame word is added to the decoder output, yielding the current-frame n-bit word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans S. Witsenhausen, Aaron D. Wyner