US4755994A
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Capacity expander for telephone line
Assignee: Republic Telcom Systems Corp
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Filing: 1985-09-06
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Granted: 1988-07-05
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Expires: 2005-09-06
Abstract
Abstract A private telephone line expander is disclosed which receives two analog voice inputs. Both input signals are digitized, compressed using full period splicing, and converted back to analog for transmission. One is shifted to the upper half of the telephone line bandwidth. The other remains in the lower half. Both are transmitted on the same telephone line. When received both signals are expanded to normal telephone bandwidth and can be connected to two different telephones. DTMF signals are transmitted with each voice transmission.
Inventors
- 👤 Lester H. Staples
- 👤 James M. Kresse
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:12
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04J; H04J3/00; H04J3/18; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/66; H04J99/00; H04Q; H04Q5/00; H04Q5/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: means for receiving a first analog voice signal; means for receiving a second analog voice signal; autocorrelation means for determining the pitch periods of said first and second analog voice signals operably coupled to said means for receiving said analog signals; voice compression means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means, for compressing said first and second analog voice signals based on their respective pitch periods determined by the autocorrelation means, to form first and second compressed signals having respective bandwidths less than the respective bandwidths of said first and second analog voice signals; audio frequency shifting means for shifting the second compressed signal to a frequency band above the first compressed signal; and means for simultaneously transmitting both compressed voice signals on the same telephone line.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: means for receiving a first analog voice signal; means for receiving a second analog voice signal; autocorrelation means for determining the pitch periods of said first and second analog voice signals operably coupled to said means for receiving said analog signals; voice compression means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means, for compressing said first and second analog voice signals based on their respective pitch periods determined by the autocorrelation means, to form first and second compressed signals having respective bandwidths less than the respective bandwidths of said first and second analog voice signals; audio frequency shifting means for shifting the second compressed signal to a frequency band above the first compressed signal; and means for simultaneously transmitting both compressed voice signals on the same telephone line.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The line expander of claim 1 wherein the compression means comprises means for splicing successive speech intervals on a proportional basis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The line expander of claim 1 wherein the expander further comprises: means operably coupled to said transmitting means for reducing the frequency bandwidth of dual tone multiple frequency signals to less than half of the bandwidth of the telephone line.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The private line expander of claim 3 wherein the line expander further comprises: means operably coupled to said transmitting means for reducing the frequency of A, B, C and D tones to less than half of the bandwidth of the telephone line; and wherein one of the tones is used for M and E lead signalling and at least another of the tones is used for diagnostic purposes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
A line expander for a private telephone line comprising: receiving means for receiving compressed analog voice signals; autocorrelation means, operably coupled to said receiving means, for determining the pitch of the voice signals; and means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means for expanding the analog voice signals based on the pitch determined by the autocorrelation so that the signals have a bandwidth of normal audio signals, said receiving means including means for receiving two or more compressed analog voice signals on the same telephone line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
85 words
A line expander for a private telephone line comprising: receiving means for receiving compressed analog voice signals; autocorrelation means, operably coupled to said receiving means, for determining the pitch of the voice signals; and means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means for expanding the analog voice signals based on the pitch determined by the autocorrelation so that the signals have a bandwidth of normal audio signals, said receiving means including means for receiving two or more compressed analog voice signals on the same telephone line.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
135 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: receiving means for receiving at least two compressed analog voice signals on the same telephone line; filter means, operably coupled to said receiving means, for separating the two compressed voice signals; first expansion means, operably coupled to said filter means, for expanding the first compressed voice signal to have a bandwidth of normal audio frequencies; audio frequency shifting means, operably coupled to said filter means for shifting the frequency of the second compressed voice signal to base band frequencies; second expansion means operably coupled to said audio frequency shifting means for expanding the second voice signal to normal audio frequency; and first and second phone interface means, respectively coupled to said first and second expansion means, for connecting each of the voice signals to separate telephone lines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
135 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: receiving means for receiving at least two compressed analog voice signals on the same telephone line; filter means, operably coupled to said receiving means, for separating the two compressed voice signals; first expansion means, operably coupled to said filter means, for expanding the first compressed voice signal to have a bandwidth of normal audio frequencies; audio frequency shifting means, operably coupled to said filter means for shifting the frequency of the second compressed voice signal to base band frequencies; second expansion means operably coupled to said audio frequency shifting means for expanding the second voice signal to normal audio frequency; and first and second phone interface means, respectively coupled to said first and second expansion means, for connecting each of the voice signals to separate telephone lines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The line expander of claims 5, or 6 wherein the means for expanding the analog voice signals comprises means for splicing successive speech intervals on a proportional basis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
66 words
The line expander of claims 4, or 5 wherein the private line expander further comprises: means for receiving dual tone multiple frequencies associated with each of the compressed voice signals, each dual tone multiple frequency being less than half the bandwidth of the telephone line; and means for increasing the frequency of each dual tone multiple frequency received to that normally transmitted on the telephone line.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
116 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: means for receiving at least one analog voice input; autocorrelation means for determining the pitch period of the analog voice input operably coupled to said means for receiving an analog signal; voice compression means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means for compressing the analog voice input to form a compressed signal based on the pitch period determined by the autocorrelation means so that the bandwidth of the compressed signal is less than the bandwidth of the analog voice signal; means operably coupled to said voice compression means for transmitting the compressed signal, said voice compression means including means for splicing successive speech intervals on a variable proportional basis.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
116 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: means for receiving at least one analog voice input; autocorrelation means for determining the pitch period of the analog voice input operably coupled to said means for receiving an analog signal; voice compression means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means for compressing the analog voice input to form a compressed signal based on the pitch period determined by the autocorrelation means so that the bandwidth of the compressed signal is less than the bandwidth of the analog voice signal; means operably coupled to said voice compression means for transmitting the compressed signal, said voice compression means including means for splicing successive speech intervals on a variable proportional basis.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
96 words
The line expander of claim 9 wherein the expander further comprises: means for receiving a second analog voice signal; means for compressing the second voice signal based on the pitch period of the second voice signal as determined by the autocorrelation means to form a second compressed signal having a bandwidth which is less than the bandwidth of the second analog voice signal; audio frequency shifting means to shift the second voice signal to a frequency band above the first compressed signal; and means for simultaneously transmitting both compressed voice signals on the same telephone line.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
130 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: means for receiving at least one analog voice input; autocorrelation means for determining the pitch period of the analog voice input operably coupled to said means for receiving an analog signal; voice compression means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means, for compressing the analog voice input based on the pitch period determined by the autocorrelation means to form a compressed signal so that the bandwidth of the compressed signal is less than the bandwidth of the analog voice signal; transmitting means operably coupled to said voice compression means for transmitting the compressed signal; and means operably connected to said transmitting means for reducing the frequency of dual tone multiple frequency signals to less than half of the bandwidth of the telephone line.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
130 words
A line expander for a telephone line comprising: means for receiving at least one analog voice input; autocorrelation means for determining the pitch period of the analog voice input operably coupled to said means for receiving an analog signal; voice compression means operably coupled to said autocorrelation means, for compressing the analog voice input based on the pitch period determined by the autocorrelation means to form a compressed signal so that the bandwidth of the compressed signal is less than the bandwidth of the analog voice signal; transmitting means operably coupled to said voice compression means for transmitting the compressed signal; and means operably connected to said transmitting means for reducing the frequency of dual tone multiple frequency signals to less than half of the bandwidth of the telephone line.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
68 words
The private line expander of claim 11 wherein the line expander further comprises: means operably coupled to said transmitting means for reducing the frequency of A, B, C and D tones to less than half of the bandwidth of the telephone line; and wherein one of the tones is used for M and E lead signaling and at least another of the tones is used for diagnostic purposes.
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