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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:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne E. Bretl, Grayslake, IL (US);
Timothy G. Laud, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Zenith Electronics Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/00 ;
Abstract
A field transmitted by a transmitter and received by a receiver has a map indicating the number of E-VSB segments and VSB segments in the field. The E-VSB segments contain E-VSB data, and the VSB segments contain VSB data. The VSB data includes video and/or audio data. The audio data in the field is limited to a predetermined data rate when the VSB data in the field has a VSB bit rate below a predetermined threshold. This limit reduces or eliminates audio related jitter in the receiver.