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Synchronization of digital audio with digital video
Assignee: Grass Valley USA LLC
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Filing: 1993-07-23
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Granted: 1994-09-27
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Expires: 2013-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A method for synchronization of a digital audio signal sampled at a standard audio frequency with the corresponding digital video signal sampled at a standard video frequency associates an integer number of samples of the digital audio signal with each video field of the digital video signal. The number of audio samples per video field is determined by the audio sample rate rounded up to the nearest integer. Every N video fields where the number of digital audio samples is an integer value, the digital audio signal is resynchronized with the digital video signal by repeating the digital audio samples at the end of video field N that correspond to video field N+1. At reception the same digital audio samples are skipped at the end of video field N.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Poimboeuf
- 👤 Kevin D. Windrem
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-10-28 02:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/93; H04N5/95; G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; H04N5/04; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A method of synchronizing a digital audio signal with a corresponding digital video signal comprising the steps of: associating for transmission an integer number of samples of the digital audio signal obtained at an audio sample rate with each video field of the digital video signal, the number of digital audio samples per video field being determined by the audio sample rate and duration of each video field rounded up to the nearest integer; and for each N video fields, where N is the number of video fields for which there is an integer number of digital audio samples as a function of the audio sample rate, resynchronizing the digital audio signal with the digital video signal by repeating the digital audio samples at the end of the Nth video field that correspond to the digital audio samples at the beginning of the N+1st video field.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
146 words
A method of synchronizing a digital audio signal with a corresponding digital video signal comprising the steps of: associating for transmission an integer number of samples of the digital audio signal obtained at an audio sample rate with each video field of the digital video signal, the number of digital audio samples per video field being determined by the audio sample rate and duration of each video field rounded up to the nearest integer; and for each N video fields, where N is the number of video fields for which there is an integer number of digital audio samples as a function of the audio sample rate, resynchronizing the digital audio signal with the digital video signal by repeating the digital audio samples at the end of the Nth video field that correspond to the digital audio samples at the beginning of the N+1st video field.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
42 words
A method as recited in claim I further comprising the steps of skipping for reception the digital audio samples at the end of the Nth video field that correspond to the digital audio samples at the beginning of the N+1st video field.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
147 words
An apparatus for synchronizing a digital audio signal with a corresponding digital video signal comprising: means for associating for transmission an integer number of samples of the digital audio signal obtained at an audio sample rate with each video field of the digital video signal, the number of digital audio samples per video field being determined by the audio sample rate and duration of each video field rounded up to the nearest integer; and for each N video fields, where N is the number of video fields for which there is an integer number of digital audio samples as a function of the audio sample rate, means for resynchronizing the digital audio signal with the digital video signal by repeating the digital audio samples at the end of the Nth video field that correspond to the digital audio samples at the beginning of the N+1st video field.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
147 words
An apparatus for synchronizing a digital audio signal with a corresponding digital video signal comprising: means for associating for transmission an integer number of samples of the digital audio signal obtained at an audio sample rate with each video field of the digital video signal, the number of digital audio samples per video field being determined by the audio sample rate and duration of each video field rounded up to the nearest integer; and for each N video fields, where N is the number of video fields for which there is an integer number of digital audio samples as a function of the audio sample rate, means for resynchronizing the digital audio signal with the digital video signal by repeating the digital audio samples at the end of the Nth video field that correspond to the digital audio samples at the beginning of the N+1st video field.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 3 further comprising means for skipping for reception the digital audio samples at the end of the Nth video field that correspond to the digital audio samples at the beginning of the N+1st video field.
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