The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1995
Cameron W Jones, Hanover, NH (US);
Fostex Research & Development, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
A digital tone generator includes a modulo adder, an increment number register, two latches and a master clock. The adder continuously adds one of a plurality of predefined increment numbers with the adder's previously generated sums to create further sums and a carry output corresponding to one of a plurality of predetermined output tone frequencies. The system characteristics and increment numbers are selected to correspond to the predetermined frequencies and generate exact tonal frequency signals. The system characteristics and increment numbers are defined using a formula which accounts for the least common multiple of the rational number representation of the predetermined frequencies. In the preferred embodiment, the digital tone generator is used to select and generate one of a plurality of time code tones.