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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001

Filed:

May. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Takahiro Nanba, Tokyo, JP;

Masashi Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Kumano, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 2/500 ; H04L 2/540 ; H04L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 2/500 ; H04L 2/540 ; H04L 7/00 ;
Abstract

The bit stream reproducing apparatus is comprised of a frame length counter for measuring a data length of one frame; a first calculator for calculating a data length &ldquo;L1&rdquo; defined from a header to a scale factor; a second calculator for calculating a data length &ldquo;L2&rdquo; of an audio sample; and a third calculator for executing a calculation of E&equals;F&minus;(L1&plus;L2&times;12) based upon calculation results of the first calculator and of the second calculator, and for sending out a control signal to a muting circuit so as to instruct a muting operation in the case of E<0.


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