ENCODER DECODER WHICH CONVERTS

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
CAPELLA	DIGITAL COURIER INTERNATIONAL INC.	8618 Commerce Court Burnaby, B.C. VA5 N46 Canada	encoder and decoder which converts an analog audio signal into a digital bit stream, compresses the audio signal, and decompresses the audio signal;
L BLUE	MPR TELTECH LTD.	8999 Nelson Way Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 4B5 Canada	encoder and decoder which converts an analog audio signal into a digital bit stream, compresses the audio signal, and decompresses the audio signal;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Various techniques and tools for encoding and decoding (e.g., in a video encoder/decoder) binary information (e.g., skipped macroblock information) are described. In some embodiments, the binary information is arranged in a bit plane, and the bit plane is coded at the picture/frame layer. The encoder and decoder process the binary information and, in some embodiments, switch coding modes. For example, the encoder and decoder use normal, row-skip, column-skip, or differential modes, or other and/or additional modes. In some embodiments, the encoder and decoder define a skipped macroblock as a predicted macroblock whose motion is equal to its causally predicted motion and which has zero residual error. In some embodiments, the encoder and decoder use a raw coding mode to allow for low-latency applications.