Patents by Inventor Kirk Twardowski

Kirk Twardowski 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).

  • Method and apparatus for performing a parallel speculative Huffman decoding using both partial and full decoders
    Patent number: 6043765
    Abstract: A parallel speculative decoder is described. The decoder includes a set of partial decoders and an additional decoder. The partial decoders are aligned at different positions of a portion of an input data stream and speculatively and simultaneously decode symbols (e.g., codewords) having less bits than a longest symbol length. The additional decoder decodes symbols in the event the first partial decoder does not produce valid decoding results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirk Twardowski