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Variable speed replay of digital audio with constant output sampling rate
Assignee: Harman International Industries Inc
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Filing: 1985-08-21
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Granted: 1987-12-29
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Expires: 2005-08-21
Abstract
Abstract The apparatus comprises a manually operable device producing pulses which directly or after integration, determine the rate of replay of the digital audio. These pulses are counted by a counter. Each pulse corresponds to 1.5/500 s audio. The counter is reset at the rate F s /2048 where f s is the constant output sampling rate and its contents are held in a latch whose contents are inversely proportional to the replay sampling period. Adders add the contents of the counter into overflowing accumulators and clocked at the KHz fixed sampling rate f s and 128 times this rate respectively. The number of SPR of the first accumulator represents the sample displacement while the MSB of the second accumulator provides the replay clock. The sample displacement (d) represents the displacement between an output sample and an input sample and controls a two stage interpolation by way of a finite impulse response filter and a linear interpolating filter.
Inventors
- 👤 Guy W. W. McNally
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:25
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/10527; G11B27/00; G11B27/005; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/90; G11B2220/91; G11B2220/913; G11B27/032; G11B27/10; G11B27/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
Apparatus for effecting variable speed replay of digital audio with a constant output sampling rate, comprising a manually operable device emitting pulses at a rate establishing an input replay rate for digital input samples, means for counting these emitted pulses over successive intervals to produce in respect of each such interval a number representative of the replay rate, means for adding said number representative of the input replay rate into an overflowing accumulator device at a predetermined rate, and an interpolating device responsive to output signals from said overflowing accumulator device to produce output samples at said constant output sampling rate by interpolation between the digital input samples produced by replay.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
Apparatus for effecting variable speed replay of digital audio with a constant output sampling rate, comprising a manually operable device emitting pulses at a rate establishing an input replay rate for digital input samples, means for counting these emitted pulses over successive intervals to produce in respect of each such interval a number representative of the replay rate, means for adding said number representative of the input replay rate into an overflowing accumulator device at a predetermined rate, and an interpolating device responsive to output signals from said overflowing accumulator device to produce output samples at said constant output sampling rate by interpolation between the digital input samples produced by replay.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said manually operable device includes a device producing pulses at a rate corresponding to a desired rate of change of rate of replay and an integrating device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, comprising an overflowing accumulator device which is reset at a multiple of said constant output sampling rate and which produces pulses of a clock signal for the variable speed replay.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, comprising an up/down counter which counts the pulses in the said clock signal in the sense determined by a signal which indicates the direction of replay.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, comprising an overflowing accumulator device which is reset at said constant output sampling rate to provide a number representing the position of said output samples relative to said samples produced by replay.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
156 words
Apparatus for effecting variable speed replay of digital audio with a constant output sampling rate, characterised by a demand-fed buffer responsive to pulses establishing an input replay rate to provide digital input samples, an interpolating device responsive to the displacement between an output sample at the constant rate and a sample at the input rate to create output samples at the constant rate, a manually operable device emitting pulses at a rate determined by the rate of actuation of the device, a counter counting the emitted pulses over fixed intervals of time to produce a regularly updated first number proportional to the input rate, an overflowing accumulator means clocked at a multiple of the constant rate to add in said first number and produce overflow pulses at the input rate, and a second overflowing accumulator means clocked at the constant rate to add in the said first number and produce a second number representing said displacement.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
156 words
Apparatus for effecting variable speed replay of digital audio with a constant output sampling rate, characterised by a demand-fed buffer responsive to pulses establishing an input replay rate to provide digital input samples, an interpolating device responsive to the displacement between an output sample at the constant rate and a sample at the input rate to create output samples at the constant rate, a manually operable device emitting pulses at a rate determined by the rate of actuation of the device, a counter counting the emitted pulses over fixed intervals of time to produce a regularly updated first number proportional to the input rate, an overflowing accumulator means clocked at a multiple of the constant rate to add in said first number and produce overflow pulses at the input rate, and a second overflowing accumulator means clocked at the constant rate to add in the said first number and produce a second number representing said displacement.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein interpolating device comprises a finite impulse response filter responsive to the input samples to create samples at a higher frequency which is a multiple of the input rate and a linear interpolating filter, and wherein a more significant portion of said second number determines a coefficient of said finite impulse response filter while a less significant portion of said second number determines the interpolation coefficient of said linear interpolating filter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the pulses from manually operable device are emitted at a rate proportional to the rate of actuation of said device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the pulses from said manually operable device are emitted at a rate which is changed at a rate proportional to the rate of actuation of said device.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of producing digital audio output samples at a constant rate from input samples at a variable rate, wherein interpolation between the input samples is effected in accordance with the input-output sample displacement to provide the output samples, characterised in that pulses at a rate representing a desired input sample rate are counted over successive fixed periods to produce a regularly updated first number proportional to the variable rate, said first number is repeatedly added at a rate high relative to the constant rate to produce at each overflow of the addition a pulse of the variable rate, and said first number is repeatedly added at the constant rate to produce a second number representing said displacement.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of producing digital audio output samples at a constant rate from input samples at a variable rate, wherein interpolation between the input samples is effected in accordance with the input-output sample displacement to provide the output samples, characterised in that pulses at a rate representing a desired input sample rate are counted over successive fixed periods to produce a regularly updated first number proportional to the variable rate, said first number is repeatedly added at a rate high relative to the constant rate to produce at each overflow of the addition a pulse of the variable rate, and said first number is repeatedly added at the constant rate to produce a second number representing said displacement.
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