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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Anthony Frindle, Witney, GB;
Peter Charles Eastty, Oxford, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381106 ; 381102 ; 381104 ; 381107 ;
Abstract
Digital audio processing apparatus comprises: device for detecting the magnitude of an input digital audio signal; and a variable gain element for applying a gain to the input digital audio signal dependent on the detected magnitude of the input digital audio signal, in which: