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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:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuo Hikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84645 ; 84621 ; 369 33 ;
Abstract
In a MIDI signal processor for use with a CD player, MIDI data is extracted from predetermined subcode frame of a digital output signal of the CD player. The extracted MIDI data is rearranged into a set of bytes. A predetermined start bit is added to a head of each of the MIDI data bytes. A predetermined stop bit is added to an end of each of the MIDI data bytes. The MIDI data bytes with the start and stop bits are outputted in a serial manner.