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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Audiotrack Corporation, , US;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 51 ; 375316 ;
Abstract
A code is embedded into an audio product so as to be processed therewith for recording and/or broadcast and yet be reliably detected while remaining inaudible to human perception. The code is represented by symbols formed from an impulse function having its energy within a specified frequency range. The audio product is analyzed to find segments which can mask the code based on tonality and a minimum signal energy. When the audio product with an embedded code is detected, decoding thereof involves finding candidate code signals which are checked against preset criteria. In particular, each symbol is made of at least two impulse functions with a preset spacing therebetween.