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Auto-correlation filter

Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1985-10-08
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Granted: 1988-08-23
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Expires: 2005-10-08
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Abstract

Abstract A digital filter for obtaining the power of a filtered signal passing through a particular frequency band for each frame (short time division) includes an auto-correlation circuit for calculating the auto-correlation function of the input signal, and a sum of products calculator for obtaining the power of the signal by multiplying a linear coefficient with the auto-correlation function for the frame and summing the products together to get the power of the filtered signal.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiji Fujimoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 03:51
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H17/00; H03H17/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim 116 words
A filter for determining, from an analog signal, the power of a specified frequency band of said analog signal within a predetermined time frame, comprising: an analaog-to-digital converter operatively connected to receive said analog signal and converting said analog signal to a digital signal; auto-correlation means, responsive to said digital signal, for auto-correlating said digital signal to develop an auto-correlated signal; linear coupling coefficient means for developing linear coupling coefficients; and a sum of products calculator, responsive to said linear coupling coefficients from said linear coupling coefficient means and to said auto-correlated signal, and weighting said auto-correlated signal with said linear coupling coefficients and developing an output signal representative of the power of said analog signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 116 words
A filter for determining, from an analog signal, the power of a specified frequency band of said analog signal within a predetermined time frame, comprising: an analaog-to-digital converter operatively connected to receive said analog signal and converting said analog signal to a digital signal; auto-correlation means, responsive to said digital signal, for auto-correlating said digital signal to develop an auto-correlated signal; linear coupling coefficient means for developing linear coupling coefficients; and a sum of products calculator, responsive to said linear coupling coefficients from said linear coupling coefficient means and to said auto-correlated signal, and weighting said auto-correlated signal with said linear coupling coefficients and developing an output signal representative of the power of said analog signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
A filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sum of products calculator multiplies said linear coupling coefficients with said auto-correlation function to obtain a plurality of intermediate products and then sums said intermediate products to obtain said power of said analog signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
A filter as claimed in claim 1 wherein said linear coupling coefficient means is a memory device having said coefficients stored therein.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
A filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said linear coupling coefficient means stores a calculated cosine transformation of a characteristic of the specified frequency band of said filter as said linear coupling coefficients.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 50 words
A filter as claimed in claim 4, wherein said auto-correlation function is multiplied by a window function related to said specified frequency band to reduce the number of said linear coupling coefficients to be used in said linear coefficient means by reducing the number of degrees of said auto-correlation function.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 50 words
A filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said auto-correlation function is multiplied by a window function related to said specified frequency band to reduce the number of said linear coupling coefficients to be used in said linear coefficient means by reducing the number of degrees of said auto-correlation function.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 77 words
A digital filter for determining the power of an inputted digital signal passing through a predetermined frequency band driving a predetermined time division comprising: auto-correlation means, operatively connected to receive said inputted digital signal, for calculating an auto-correlation function of said inputted digital signal; storing means for storing linear coupling coefficients; and calculating means operatively connected to said storing means and said auto-correlation means for developing an output representative of said power of said inputted digital signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 77 words
A digital filter for determining the power of an inputted digital signal passing through a predetermined frequency band driving a predetermined time division comprising: auto-correlation means, operatively connected to receive said inputted digital signal, for calculating an auto-correlation function of said inputted digital signal; storing means for storing linear coupling coefficients; and calculating means operatively connected to said storing means and said auto-correlation means for developing an output representative of said power of said inputted digital signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 30 words
A digital filter as claimed in claim 7, wherein said storing means is a memory device which stores a cosine transformation of said digital filter as said linear coupling coefficients.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 53 words
A digital filter as claimed in claim 7, wherein said calculating means is a sum of products calculator which multiplies said linear coupling coefficients with said auto-correlation function to obtain a plurality of immediate products and then sums said immediate products to develop a representative of said power of said inputted digital signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 39 words
A digital filter as claimed in claim 7, wherein said auto-correlation function is multiplied by a window function related to said predetermined frequency band to reduce the number of linear coupling coefficients to be stored in said storing means.

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