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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael E Long, Western Springs, IL (US);
Assignee:
Zenith Electronics Corporation, Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358121 ; 358 86 ;
Abstract
A CATV decoder for receipt of television stereo audio includes a shunt path having a 4.5 MHz filter and amplifier for translating the 4.5 MHz audio signal to a modulator thus bypassing the normal audio baseband detector and 4.5 MHz oscillator circuit. A switch acts through an OR gate for selectively enabling the shunt path and normal audio path. Control from the cable head end is provided by a signal to the OR gate for returning operation to the normal audio path if reception is not authorized. In a similar manner, a remote audio mute signal may be supplied to the OR gate by the viewer.