US4825303A
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Compressed audio silencing
Assignee: ADVANCED INTERACTIVE Inc
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Filing: 1987-05-18
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Granted: 1989-04-25
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Expires: 2007-05-18
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds in a system in which electrically represented audio frequency sounds are very significantly raised in frequency and are conformed to a video line signal format. A sufficient number of guard samples ("M") are included at the beginning of each line of electrically represented audio frequency sounds to allow the amplitude response of the video line signal to reach the specified value prior to the occurrence of the samples that are used. The additional guard samples are provided by RAM memory (3), which is controlled by state machine (4). Fewer additional guard samples ("K") may be provided at the end of a video line to enhance tolerance to small timing variations. This method and apparatus allows satisfactory functioning with apparatus having a limited range of frequency response and without precise timing adjustment of video information signals in relationship to the line of synchronizing signal, thus being less costly to manufacture and use.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert E. Yablonski
- 👤 John A. Roe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:40
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/00007; H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
The method of operating a television-compressed-audio sound system in which electrical amplitude variation samples that originally represented sound are raised infrequency and are altered to a video signal format, which includes the method step of: (a) adding a guard sample prior to the samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio to allow the amplitude of the signal to reach a steady state value by the time said samples are received and so avoid television-line-transient-produced spurious audio sounds, wherein said guard sample is equal in amplitude to a gray level half-way between black and white.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
98 words
The method of operating a television-compressed-audio sound system in which electrical amplitude variation samples that originally represented sound are raised infrequency and are altered to a video signal format, which includes the method step of: (a) adding a guard sample prior to the samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio to allow the amplitude of the signal to reach a steady state value by the time said samples are received and so avoid television-line-transient-produced spurious audio sounds, wherein said guard sample is equal in amplitude to a gray level half-way between black and white.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
124 words
The method of operating a television-compressed-audio sound system including a recording and playback system in which electrical amplitude variation samples that originally represented sound are raised in frequency and are altered to a video signal format, which includes the steps of: (a) adding a guard sample prior to the samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio to allow the amplitude of the signal to reach a steady state value by the time said samples are received and so avoid television-line-transient-produced spurious audio sounds; and (b) adding a guard sample after said samples utilized on each video line of compressed audio, wherein said guard sample is equal in amplitude to a video gray level that is half-way between black and white.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
124 words
The method of operating a television-compressed-audio sound system including a recording and playback system in which electrical amplitude variation samples that originally represented sound are raised in frequency and are altered to a video signal format, which includes the steps of: (a) adding a guard sample prior to the samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio to allow the amplitude of the signal to reach a steady state value by the time said samples are received and so avoid television-line-transient-produced spurious audio sounds; and (b) adding a guard sample after said samples utilized on each video line of compressed audio, wherein said guard sample is equal in amplitude to a video gray level that is half-way between black and white.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
113 words
The method of operating a television-compressed-audio sound system in which electrical amplitude variation samples that originally represented sound are raised in frequency and are altered to a video signal format, which includes the method step of: (a) adding a guard sample prior to the samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio to allow the amplitude of the signal to reach a steady state value by the time said samples are received and so avoid television-line-transient-produced spurious audio sounds, wherein said guard sample is equal in amplitude to the average of the last utilized sample on the preceding video line and the first utilized sample on the following video line.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
113 words
The method of operating a television-compressed-audio sound system in which electrical amplitude variation samples that originally represented sound are raised in frequency and are altered to a video signal format, which includes the method step of: (a) adding a guard sample prior to the samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio to allow the amplitude of the signal to reach a steady state value by the time said samples are received and so avoid television-line-transient-produced spurious audio sounds, wherein said guard sample is equal in amplitude to the average of the last utilized sample on the preceding video line and the first utilized sample on the following video line.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
116 words
The method for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds in a television-compressed-audio sound system in which electrical amplitude variations that originally represented sound are raised in frequency and are altered to a video signal format, the method including the step of: (a) adding a guard sample after the audio samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio whereby spurious audio frequency sounds as a result of timing variations induced by reinserted sync signals are suppressed, the amplitude of the guard sample (i) being independent of the amplitude of at least one audio sample on the video line in which the guard sample is output, and (ii) being equal in amplitude to a gray level.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
116 words
The method for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds in a television-compressed-audio sound system in which electrical amplitude variations that originally represented sound are raised in frequency and are altered to a video signal format, the method including the step of: (a) adding a guard sample after the audio samples that are utilized on each video line of compressed audio whereby spurious audio frequency sounds as a result of timing variations induced by reinserted sync signals are suppressed, the amplitude of the guard sample (i) being independent of the amplitude of at least one audio sample on the video line in which the guard sample is output, and (ii) being equal in amplitude to a gray level.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
95 words
A television-compressed-audio system for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds, the system comprising: means for sampling an audio frequency signal to produce a plurality of audio samples; means coupled to said sampling means for storing the audio samples; means for creating a guard sample equal in amplitude to a gray level; and means coupled to said storing means for outputting the guard sample and the audio samples at video frequency, the guard sample being output prior to the output of the audio samples in order to suppress spurious audio frequency sounds due to frequency response limitations.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
95 words
A television-compressed-audio system for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds, the system comprising: means for sampling an audio frequency signal to produce a plurality of audio samples; means coupled to said sampling means for storing the audio samples; means for creating a guard sample equal in amplitude to a gray level; and means coupled to said storing means for outputting the guard sample and the audio samples at video frequency, the guard sample being output prior to the output of the audio samples in order to suppress spurious audio frequency sounds due to frequency response limitations.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
126 words
A television-compressed-audio system for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds, the system comprising: means for sampling an audio frequency signal to produce a plurality of audio samples; means coupled to said sampling means for storing the audio samples; means for creating a guard sample equal in amplitude to the average of the amplitudes of the last audio sample on the video line preceding the guard sample of the first audio sample on the video line in which the guard sample is output; and means coupled to said storing means for outputting the guard sample and the audio samples at video frequency, the guard sample being output prior to the output of the audio samples in order to suppress spurious audio frequency sounds due to frequency response limitations.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
126 words
A television-compressed-audio system for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds, the system comprising: means for sampling an audio frequency signal to produce a plurality of audio samples; means coupled to said sampling means for storing the audio samples; means for creating a guard sample equal in amplitude to the average of the amplitudes of the last audio sample on the video line preceding the guard sample of the first audio sample on the video line in which the guard sample is output; and means coupled to said storing means for outputting the guard sample and the audio samples at video frequency, the guard sample being output prior to the output of the audio samples in order to suppress spurious audio frequency sounds due to frequency response limitations.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
97 words
A television-compressed-audio system for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds, the system comprising: means for sampling an audio frequency signal to produce a series of audio samples; means coupled to said sampling means for storing the audio samples; means for creating a guard sample equal in amplitude to a gray level, the amplitude of said guard sample being independent of the amplitude of at least one audio sample in the series; and means coupled to said storing means for outputting the guard sample and the audio samples at video frequency in order to suppress spurious audio frequency sounds.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
97 words
A television-compressed-audio system for suppressing spurious audio frequency sounds, the system comprising: means for sampling an audio frequency signal to produce a series of audio samples; means coupled to said sampling means for storing the audio samples; means for creating a guard sample equal in amplitude to a gray level, the amplitude of said guard sample being independent of the amplitude of at least one audio sample in the series; and means coupled to said storing means for outputting the guard sample and the audio samples at video frequency in order to suppress spurious audio frequency sounds.
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