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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Ryo Kamiya, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A method of entering an audio signal into a data processing apparatus, in which analog audio signals of at least two channels as the audio signal are digitized by and transmitted from an audio signal output device on a side of an audio source to an audio signal input device on a side of the data processing apparatus. A clock signal is supplied from the audio signal input device to the audio signal output device. The audio signal output device performs delta-sigma (&Dgr;&Sgr;) modulation on the analog audio signals of at least two channels so as to convert each of the analog audio signals of at least two channels into one-bit digital audio data for each of the at least two channels, based on the clock signal supplied to the audio signal output device. The one-bit digital audio data for the each channel is alternately selected based on the clock signal, to perform time-division multiplexing on the one-bit digital audio data for the at least two channels, to thereby produce one-bit multiplex audio data. The one-bit multiplex audio data is supplied to the audio signal input device.