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Signal control apparatus
Assignee: Trio KK
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Filing: 1985-11-13
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Granted: 1987-12-01
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Expires: 2005-11-13
Abstract
Abstract A signal control apparatus includes a circuit (26) for bearing a first characteristic to an original signal and outputting it as a first signal; a circuit (28) for bearing a second characteristic to the original signal and outputting it as a second signal; an adder circuit (30; 50) for adding the first and second signal with a variable proportion therebetween; and a control circuit (38) for controlling the variable proportion in accordance with the original signal in order to vary the output signal characteristic continuously.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiyuki Matsui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 11:31
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03G; H03G5/00; H03G5/16; H03G5/165; H03G5/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
Loudness control circuitry comprising: a volume controller in response to a setting position for setting the magnitude level of an audio input signal; a first circuit for transmitting the magnitude level set audio input signal through a flat transmission characteristics with respect to frequencies; a second circuit for trasmitting the magnitude level set audio input signal through a loudness transmission characteristics with respect to frequencies; and an adder for summing the output from said first circuit and the output from said second circuit, the adder including means for adjusting the summing ratio of the outputs from said first and second circuit independence upon the volume controller setting position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
Loudness control circuitry comprising: a volume controller in response to a setting position for setting the magnitude level of an audio input signal; a first circuit for transmitting the magnitude level set audio input signal through a flat transmission characteristics with respect to frequencies; a second circuit for trasmitting the magnitude level set audio input signal through a loudness transmission characteristics with respect to frequencies; and an adder for summing the output from said first circuit and the output from said second circuit, the adder including means for adjusting the summing ratio of the outputs from said first and second circuit independence upon the volume controller setting position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
Loudness control circuitry according to claim 1, wherein said volume controller includes means for generating a voltage signal the magnitude of which corresponds to the setting position and the summing ratio in said summing ratio adjusting means is controlled by the voltage signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
Loudness control circuitry according to claim 2, wherein the summing ratio adjusting means is electrically isolated from the voltage signal generating means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
73 words
Loudness control circuitry according to claim 2, further comprising a loudness-off circuit for generating a loudness-off voltage which corresponds to the voltage signal generated when the volume controller setting position is set for the maximum magnitude level, wherein in response to a loudness-off operation said loudness-off voltage is applied to control the summing ratio so that the output audio signal from said adder is substantially composed of the output from said first circuit.
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