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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Ashwini Pahuja, Albertson, NY (US);
Jason Tsuchi Jen, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ashwini Pahuja, Albertson, NY (US);
Jason Tsuchi Jen, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/47 (2008.01); H04H 40/36 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 40/36 (2013.01); H04H 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for smoothly blending analog and digital portions of a composite digital audio broadcast signal by using look ahead metrics computed from previously received audio frames to dynamically adjust either stereo separation or bandwidth or both of the digital audio portion of the digital audio broadcast signal to produce an adjusted digital audio portion that is blended with the analog audio portion.