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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1993
Dorothy A Shannon, Ellicott City, MD (US);
John P King, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Joseph T DeWitte, Jr, Laurel, MD (US);
James D Orndorff, Baltimore, MD (US);
Signal Science, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for ultrasonic frequency expansion is characterized by expanding audiometric frequencies before translation into the ultrasonic range. The audiometric signals are first expanded in time by a factor of 1/.beta. where .beta.<1 while generally maintaining the frequency content of the audiometric signals. Next the frequency of the signals is expanded by a factor 1/.beta. while compressing the time scale to that of the original signal. The frequency expanded signal is processed via a single-sideband upconverter to translate the frequency expanded signal into a single sideband signal in the ultrasonic range.