Patent ID: 7305383
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G05B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining next state information in a digital process, the method comprising the following steps performed by a digital processor: parsing a plurality of next state values for state transitions; determining a most frequently occurring next state value in the plurality of next state values for state transitions, the most frequently occurring next state value being a next state value that occurs the most frequently in the next state values and non-default values being other values in the plurality of next state values; storing the most frequently occurring next state value in a position for the most frequently occurring next state in an pointer array and storing non-default next state values in a plurality of other positions in the pointer array; parsing a bitmap array to determine a transition from a present state to a next state, wherein the bitmap array includes bit entries having values; if a bit entry is of a first value then determining the most frequently occurring next state value as the next state; if the bit entry is not of the first value then counting a number of occurrences of a bit value in the bitmap array to achieve an index value; and using the index value to access the pointer array to obtain a non-default next state value for the next state.