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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Mitsuhiro Inouchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Osamu Kubota, Nishinomiya, JP;
Toshiyuki Shimizu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shintaro Oda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mitsuhiro Inouchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Osamu Kubota, Nishinomiya, JP;
Toshiyuki Shimizu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shintaro Oda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses process signals. The method according to one aspect of the present invention receives a first signal; obtains a second signal and a third signal from the first signal, wherein a gain of the second signal is smaller than a gain of the third signal; detects saturation in the third signal; and generates a composite signal from the second signal and the third signal, the step of generating a composite signal including selecting a part of the second signal for the composite signal, when the detecting step detects saturation in the third signal, and selecting a part of the third signal for the composite signal, when the detecting step does not detect saturation in the third signal.