What is claimed is:
1. In a system having a first error correction encoder, a second error correction encoder, a first error correction decoder, and a second error correction decoder, a method for error correction of a data stream, the data stream including a number of symbols, the method comprising acts of:
a) using the first error correction encoder to generate error correction information for a first portion of a first symbol from the number of symbols, based on the error correction algorithm;
b) using the second error correction encoder to generate error correction information for a second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols, based on the error correction algorithm;
c) processing, based on the error correction algorithm, the first portion of the symbol from the number of symbols using the first error correction decoder; and
d) processing, based on the error correction algorithm, the second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols using the second error correction decoder.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act c) further comprises:
c1) correcting errors in the first portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated in act a).
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the act d) further comprises:
d1) correcting errors in the second portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated in act b).
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
e) repeating the act a), b), c), and d) for each symbol of the number data symbols.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
performing the acts c) and d) in parallel.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the act c1) further comprises correcting errors in the first portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a first portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein the act d1) further comprises correcting errors in the second portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a second portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
8. A system for error correction of a data stream, the data stream including a number of symbols, the system comprising:
a) a first error correction encoder for generating, based on an error correction algorithm, error correction information for a first portion of a first symbol from the number of symbols;
b) a second error correction encoder for generating, based on the error correction algorithm, error correction for a second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols;
c) a first error correction decoder for decoding, based on the error correction algorithm, the first portion of a symbol from the number of symbols; and
d) a second error correction decoder for decoding, based on the error correction algorithm, the second portion of the first symbol from the number of symbols.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the first portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated by the first error correction encoder.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the second error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the second portion of the first symbol based, at least in part, on the error correction information generated by the second error correction encoder.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein the first error correction decoder and the second error correction decoder are adapted to operate in parallel.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein the error-correction algorithm includes a Reed-Solomon algorithm.
13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the first portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a first portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the second error correction decoder is further adapted to correct errors in the second portion of the first symbol when no errors exist in a second portion of each of the rest of the number of symbols.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-10. (canceled)
11. A device for representing andor displaying various process andor controlled variables for selectable application cases on a display unit, comprising:
the display unit on which bar graphs are arranged in respective, predetermined surface elements, each bar graph, respectively each surface element has a defined form andor a defined position on the display; and
a control unit which assembles the bar graphs, respectively the corresponding surface elements, mosaic-like in a display or said display unit in such a manner that the resulting bar graph display is matched to a selected application case.
12. The device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:
an input unit is provided, via which a particular bar graph display is determinable for a selected application case.
13. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:
a first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively a first surface element (A), has a predetermined length and a predetermined height, said height of said first bar graph, respectively the first surface element (A), differs in a middle region from the height of said first bar graph, respectively the first surface element (A), in its two lateral, end regions; and
said first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively said first surface element (A), is formed point-symmetrically with reference to a perpendicular bisector.
14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein:
said first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively said first surface element (A), has a maximum height in a region at the perpendicular bisector and a minimum height in two lateral, end regions.
15. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
a second bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively a second surface element (B), and a third bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively a third surface element (C) both are formed as acute-angled, isosceles triangles;
peaks of said isosceles triangles adjoin the region of maximum height of said first bar graph of said bar graphs, respectively said first surface element (A); and
bases of said two isosceles triangles lie, respectively, parallel to the perpendicular bisector in said two end regions of said first bar graph, respectively said first surface element (A).
16. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
by a combination of said first bar graph and said second bar graph, respectively of said first surface element (A) and said second surface element (B), a bar graph (A+B) rising from a left region of the display to a right region of the display is formed.
17. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
by a combination of said first bar graph and said third bar graph, respectively said first surface element (A) and said third surface element (C), a bar graph (A+C) rising from a right region of the display to a left region of the display is formed.
18. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:
by a combination of said first bar graph, said second bar graph and said third bar graph, respectively of said first surface element (A), said second surface element (B) and said third surface element (C), a bar graph (A+B+C) rising from the perpendicular bisector of said first surface element (A) to a left region and to a right region is formed.
19. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein:
in end regions of said individual bar graphs, respectively said individual surface elements (A, B, C), arrow-shaped markings are provided.
20. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:
at least one region is provided on said monitor for representing alphanumeric characters andor symbols.