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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1981
James H Wharton, Indianapolis, IN (US);
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The format of two audio input signals, which may be of either matrixed form wherein each signal comprises two common components or of unmatrixed form wherein each signal comprises a respective independent component, is determined by applying the signals to a first network circuit which linearly combines the signals to produce a resultant audio output signal exhibiting a null condition when the input signals are of matrixed form and a non-null condition when the input signals are of unmatrixed form. A null detector responsive to the resultant signal supplies a control signal to a second decoder matrix which decodes the matrixed signals to independent form and couples the decoded signals to respective first and second output terminals when the null condition is detected and which couples the unmatrixed input signals to respective ones of the first and second output terminals when the non-null condition is detected.