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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Mark K. Cornwall, Spokane, WA (US);
Bruce N. Weyrauch, Spokane Valley, WA (US);
Jeffrey L. Delamater, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mark K. Cornwall, Spokane, WA (US);
Bruce N. Weyrauch, Spokane Valley, WA (US);
Jeffrey L. Delamater, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H03D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus demodulate and decode a plurality of AM and FM arriving signals, which permit, for example, a utility data-collecting unit to concurrently receive and decode transmitted signals of legacy transmitters as well as more recent FM based transmitters, or signals arriving from hybrid systems configured to transmit both AM and FM.