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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Hiromi Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Yokoyama, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyoshi Akie, Saitama, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Circuitry for detecting tonal signals, each of which has a particular nature in the frequency or time domain, while distinguishing them from each other. A rough frequency analyzer roughly analyzes an input signal in an entire frequency band with lower accuracy in the frequency or time domain, thereby roughly distinguishing the tonal signals. Detectors, each of which is associated with a subband occupied by a particular target tonal signal, detect the attribute of the power variation of the target tonal signal with respect to time with higher accuracy in the direction of the frequency or time domain to thereby finely identify the target tonal signal. A controller selectively enables and disables the detectors in accordance with the results from the detectors. One of the detectors is enabled which is selected under the control of the controller.