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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Bruce H. Lam, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew R. Bell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas E. Solomon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rohit Kumar Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bruce H. Lam, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew R. Bell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas E. Solomon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rohit Kumar Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for decoding an audio signal. In one embodiment, a first pulse is identified with a predetermined relative duration with respect to a second pulse. A sampling frequency is then calculated based on such identification. In another embodiment, an audio signal is decoded utilizing a threshold. In still yet another embodiment, a decoder is provided for decoding an audio signal utilizing a clock that is independent of the audio signal.