Abstract:
1. In a signal privacy system, a signal current input circuit, a privacy equipment including a source for supplying masking currents thereto, means for combining said masking currents with said signal current for disguising the identity of the signals, a circuit controller having a normal condition and an operated condition, means to impress a portion of said masking currents from said source on said circuit controller, said portion normally having a critical value such as to hold said controller in its normal condition, said circuit controller in its operated condition disabling said signal current input circuit from supplying signal current to said combining means.
Abstract:
The fundamental period of a complex periodic signal may be determined by measuring the periods of individual harmonics of the periodic signal and finding their smallest common multiple. A useful display of harmonics and their submultiples is called a period histogram. Since the fundamental period in a period histogram is an integral multiple of a number of harmonics and is characterized by a maximum amplitude pulse, the time of occurrence of the first maximum pulse may be taken to represent the fundamental period of the complex periodic signal. However, because the largest peak of the histogram does not always correspond to the fundamental frequency of a wave, occasional errors in the indication of pitch may result. Such errors may be obviated by examining the pitch signal developed from a histogram measurement, applying logical tests to determine its acceptability and, if the indicated pitch is found to be unacceptable, by substituting a more acceptable value.