Abstract:
A method of controlling an electronic device having a battery and a speaker is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio data signal, monitoring a battery-related parameter of the battery, determining whether the monitored battery-related parameter traverses a threshold, and bit-shifting the audio data signal based on the monitored battery- related parameter traversing the threshold. Also disclosed is an attenuator circuit for an electronic device having a battery.
Abstract:
A variable gain amplifier circuit is provided. The circuit includes an operational amplifier for amplifying and outputting an input signal according to a cutoff frequency and a gain, a feedback resistor for changing a first resistance according to a first digital control code value which determines the cutoff frequency, and an input resistor for changing a second resistance according to a second digital control code value which is determined based on a difference of the first digital control code value and a gain code value. The gain is determined by a ratio of the first resistance and the second resistance and linearly changes on a decibel (dB) basis according to the first digital control code value, the cutoff frequency is inversely proportional to the first resistance and linearly changes on a log scale, and the variable gain can be easily set using the control code.
Abstract:
A digital signal processor for interpolating a gain(coef f icient) to be applied to a digital signal, the processor including: first memory means (12) for storing a target gain coefficient; second memory means (14) for storing a current gain coefficient; response determining means (12) for determining an output gain coefficient based on the target gain coefficient and the current gain coefficient; means for storing the output gain coefficient in the second memory means in place of the current gain coefficient, to be used as the current gain coefficient in subsequent operations. In this way, a gain coefficient interpolator can be implemented using hardware rather than the previous DSP software approach.
Abstract:
A filter circuit is composed of FIR filters, and the filter factor is of a symmetrical type, thereby realizing a linear phase characteristic and preventing phase distortion even if a desired frequency band is emphasized. The first filter factors of a low-pass filter are determined so that the first filter factors may be the terms of a sequence in which the sum of the terms is not zero, the sign of the sum of every other terms is the same as that of the other every other terms, and the sum of the every other terms is equal to that of the other every other terms. Thus, by only changing a part of the signs of the filter factors, second filter factors of a high-pass filter can be simply determined so that they may be the terms of a sequence in which the sum of the terms is zero, the sign of the sum of every other terms is opposite to that of the other every other terms, and the absolute value of the sum of the every other terms is equal to that of the other every other terms.
Abstract:
Messages are transmitted on pairs of frequencies that are orthogonal, that is the frequencies have no least common denominator. A message is transmitted on the first of the pair of frequencies (F1, F2) and, simultaneously, its compliment is transmitted on the second of said pair of frequencies (F1, F2). The message is then retransmitted on another pair of orthogonal frequencies. A processor is provided for collecting information on the data error rates at each receiver. This information is periodically transmitted to a central frequency controller which collects this error information and determines the error rates on the frequencies being used.
Abstract:
A method for processing a digital audio broadcast signal includes: separating an analog audio portion and a digital audio portion of the digital audio broadcast signal; determining the loudness of the analog audio portion and the digital audio portion over a first short time interval; using the loudness of the analog and digital audio portions to calculate a short term average gain; determining a long term average gain; converting one of the long term average gain or the short term average gain to dB; if an output has been blended to digital, adjusting a digital gain parameter by a preselected increment to produce a digital gain parameter; if an output has not been blended to digital, setting the digital gain parameter to the short term average gain; providing the digital gain parameter to an audio processor; and repeating the above steps using a second short time interval.
Abstract:
A combination of a precision analog-to-digital converter (ADC), an analog amplifier having selectable gains and an intelligent controller to coordinate the amplifier gain selection and placement of the digital conversion results into at least one register provide for a very high resolution analog-to-digital conversion process, at a high sample rate and low power consumption. For example, a 14-bit ADC may be used with selectable gain analog amplification, e.g. , x1, x2, x4 and x8, between the sampled signal and ADC input and an intelligent controller to provide a 17-bit conversion number having proper scaling of the digital sample words. The entire high resolution analog-to-digital conversion process may be automatically performed without additional control from external hardware/software.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an audio compression system (100) for compressing an input audio signal, the audio compression system (100) comprising a digital filter (101) for filtering the input audio signal, the digital filter (101) comprising a frequency transfer function having a magnitude over frequency, the magnitude being formed by an equal loudness curve of a human ear to obtain a filtered audio signal, and a compressor (103) being configured to compress the input audio signal upon the basis of the filtered audio signal to obtain a compressed audio signal.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for modification of electronic system operation based on acoustic ambience classification are presented. In an example method, at least one audio signal present in a physical environment of a user is detected. The at least one audio signal is analyzed to extract at least one audio feature from the audio signal. The audio signal is classified based on the audio feature to produce at least one classification of the audio signal. Operation of an electronic system interacting with the user in the physical environment is modified based on the classification of the audio signal.