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US5008939A
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AM noise reducing
Assignee: Bose Corp
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Filing: 1989-07-28
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Granted: 1991-04-16
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Expires: 2009-07-28
Abstract
Abstract A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands comprises an independent sideband receiver (6) for providing demodulated upper (USB) and lower (LSB) sideband audio signals, a quality detector (9) for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in the demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively and a selector (11,19,61) responsive to the quality signals for processing the upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise. Examples are described in which a plurality of band-pass filters are provided for decomposing the upper and lower sidebands into several contiguous pass bands, and in which a stereo decoder is used for decoding a stereo signal and detecting a stereo pilot signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Amar G. Bose
- 👤 William R. Short
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/44; H04H20/46; H04H20/47; H04H20/49; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/10; H04B1/1027; H04B1/16; H04B1/30; H04B1/302; H04B2001/1063
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands carrying a modulating audio signal, said receiver comprising, independent sideband circuitry for providing at least one of upper and lower sideband signals, at least one quality detector for providing a quality signal representative of undesired noise in the upper sideband signal relative to that in the lower sideband signal, and at least one selector responsive to said quality signal for processing that one designated by said quality signal as preferred from the standpoint of faithful reproduction with low audible noise of only said upper sideband signal, only said lower sideband signal and both said upper and lower sideband signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise that is a substantially faithful reproduction of said modulating audio signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands carrying a modulating audio signal, said receiver comprising, independent sideband circuitry for providing at least one of upper and lower sideband signals, at least one quality detector for providing a quality signal representative of undesired noise in the upper sideband signal relative to that in the lower sideband signal, and at least one selector responsive to said quality signal for processing that one designated by said quality signal as preferred from the standpoint of faithful reproduction with low audible noise of only said upper sideband signal, only said lower sideband signal and both said upper and lower sideband signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise that is a substantially faithful reproduction of said modulating audio signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 1, said quality detector comprising, demodulation circuitry for providing upper and lower sideband audio signals, a combiner for differentially combining the demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide a noise signal, and a correlator for correlating said noise signal and the demodulated sideband audio signal in each associated sideband to provide said quality signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 2, said quality detector further comprising prefilters responsive to said upper and lower sideband audio signals for providing said noise signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein said prefilters are high pass filters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 2, wherein said quality detector further comprises low pass filters responsive to said correlator for providing said quality signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 2 wherein said quality detector comprises prefilters responsive to said upper and lower sideband audio signals for providing said quality signals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 6, wherein said prefilters are 10 kHz high Q band pass filters.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
61 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said selector comprises a plurality of variable gain amplifiers for amplifying signals related to said at least one of upper and lower sideband signals, and a summer for combining the outputs of said variable gain amplifiers, said variable gain amplifiers each having a gain responsive to control signals related to said quality signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 8 and further comprising a logic device responsive to said quality signal for providing said control signals, said variable gain amplifiers further comprising an integrator integrating said control signals for controlling said variable gain amplifiers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising at least one variable band pass filter responsive to said quality signal and filtering a signal related to said at least one of upper and lower sideband signals, said selector responsive to the output of said at least one variable band pass filter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising a stereo decoder for decoding a stereo signal and detecting a stereo pilot tone, said selector being additionally responsive to said detected stereo pilot tone for providing left and right stereo signals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 11, wherein said selector further comprises variable gain amplifiers for selecting said left and right stereo signals.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
65 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 12, said selector further comprising, demodulation circuitry for providing upper and lower sideband audio signals, a summer for summing said modulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a low pass filter for filtering the summed upper and lower sideband audio signals, variable gain amplifiers for selecting said summed or said filtered and summed upper and lower sideband audio signals.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
74 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising, demodulation circuitry for providing upper and lower sideband audio signals, a plurality of band-pass filters for selectively transmitting spectral components of said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals in contiguous frequency bands, a corresponding plurality of said quality detectors and said selectors each associated with a respective band pass filter, and a summer for combining the output audio signals provided by said selectors.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 14 wherein said selectors comprise a plurality of variable gain amplifiers for amplifying signals related to said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, and a summer for combining the outputs of said variable gain amplifiers, said variable gain amplifiers each having a gain controlled by control signals related to said quality signals.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 15 and further comprising logic devices responsive to said quality signals for providing said control signals.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 14 and further comprising a stereo decoder for decoding a stereo signal and detecting a stereo pilot tone, said selectors being additionally responsive to the detected stereo pilot tone for providing left and right stereo signals.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
124 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, and a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, said quality detector comprising, a combiner for differentially combining the demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide a noise signal, and a correlator for correlating said noise signal and the demodulated sideband audio signal in each associated sideband to provide said quality signals.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
124 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, and a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, said quality detector comprising, a combiner for differentially combining the demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide a noise signal, and a correlator for correlating said noise signal and the demodulated sideband audio signal in each associated sideband to provide said quality signals.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 18, said quality detector further comprising prefilters responsive to said upper and lower sideband audio signals for providing said noise signal.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
14 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 19, wherein said prefilters are high pass filters.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 18, wherein said quality detector further comprises lower pass filters responsive to said correlator for providing said quality signals.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
130 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, and a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, wherein said selector comprises a plurality of variable gain amplifiers for amplifying signals related to said demodulated upper and lower sideband signals, and a summer for combining the outputs of said variable gain amplifiers, said variable gain amplifiers each having a gain responsive to control signals related to said quality signals.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
130 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, and a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, wherein said selector comprises a plurality of variable gain amplifiers for amplifying signals related to said demodulated upper and lower sideband signals, and a summer for combining the outputs of said variable gain amplifiers, said variable gain amplifiers each having a gain responsive to control signals related to said quality signals.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
41 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 22 and further comprising a logic device responsive to said quality signals for providing said control signals, said variable gain amplifiers further comprising an integrator integrating said control signals for controlling said variable gain amplifiers.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
110 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduce noise, and variable band pass filters responsive to said quality signals and filtering said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, said selector responsive to the output of said variable band pass filters.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
110 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduce noise, and variable band pass filters responsive to said quality signals and filtering said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, said selector responsive to the output of said variable band pass filters.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
167 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, a stereo decoder for decoding a stereo signal and detecting a stereo pilot tone, said selector being additionally responsive to said detected stereo pilot tone for providing left and right stereo signals and comprising, variable gain amplifiers for selecting said left and right stereo signals, a summer for summing said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a low pass filter for filtering the summed upper and lower sideband audio signals, variable gain amplifiers for selecting said summed or said filtered and summed upper and lower sideband audio signals.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
167 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, a stereo decoder for decoding a stereo signal and detecting a stereo pilot tone, said selector being additionally responsive to said detected stereo pilot tone for providing left and right stereo signals and comprising, variable gain amplifiers for selecting said left and right stereo signals, a summer for summing said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a low pass filter for filtering the summed upper and lower sideband audio signals, variable gain amplifiers for selecting said summed or said filtered and summed upper and lower sideband audio signals.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
132 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, a plurality of band-pass filters for selectively transmitting spectral components of said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals in contiguous frequency bands, a corresponding plurality of said quality detectors and said selectors each associated with a respective band pass filter, and a summer for combining the output audio signals provided by said selectors.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
132 words
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, said receiver comprising, an independent sideband receiver for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a quality detector for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, a selector responsive to said quality signals for processing said upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise, a plurality of band-pass filters for selectively transmitting spectral components of said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals in contiguous frequency bands, a corresponding plurality of said quality detectors and said selectors each associated with a respective band pass filter, and a summer for combining the output audio signals provided by said selectors.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
59 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 26 wherein said selectors comprise a plurality of variable gain amplifiers for amplifying signals related to said demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, and a summer for combining the outputs of said variable gain amplifiers, said variable gain amplifiers each having a gain controlled by control signals related to said quality signals.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
22 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 27 and further comprising logic devices responsive to said quality signals for providing said control signals.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
42 words
The receiver as claimed in claim 26 and further comprising a stereo decoder for decoding a stereo signal and detecting a stereo pilot tone, said selectors being additionally responsive to the detected stereo pilot tone for providing left and right stereo signals.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands carrying a modulating audio signal which method includes the steps of, processing said amplitude modulated signal to provide at least one of upper and lower sideband signals, processing said amplitude modulated signal to provide a quality signal representative of undesired noise in the upper sideband signal relative to that in the lower sideband signal, responding to said quality signal by processing that one of only said upper side band signal, only said lower sideband signal and both said upper and lower sideband signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise that is a substantially faithful reproduction of said modulating audio signal.
Claim 37
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands carrying a modulating audio signal which method includes the steps of, processing said amplitude modulated signal to provide at least one of upper and lower sideband signals, processing said amplitude modulated signal to provide a quality signal representative of undesired noise in the upper sideband signal relative to that in the lower sideband signal, responding to said quality signal by processing that one of only said upper side band signal, only said lower sideband signal and both said upper and lower sideband signals to provide an audio output signal with reduced noise that is a substantially faithful reproduction of said modulating audio signal.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
64 words
A method in accordance with claim 30 and further including the steps of, demodulating the upper and lower sideband signals to provide upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, differentially combining the demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide a noise signal, and correlating said noise signal and the demodulated sideband audio signal in each associated sideband to provide said quality signal.
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