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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Tadashi Yamamoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Dai Shimozawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Yamamoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Dai Shimozawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Onkyo Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When controlling the audio signal to the mute mode from an unmute mode, first, the muting circuit switches from the non-attenuating state to the attenuating state to cause the muting circuit to attenuate the audio signal by the predetermined amount of attenuation, and then, the amount of attenuation by the volume control section is set to the maximum amount of attenuation to cause the volume control section to attenuate the audio signal by the maximum amount of attenuation.