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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Ibiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);

Inventors:

Brian W. Kroeger, Sykesville, MD (US);

Paul J. Peyla, Elkridge, MD (US);

Assignee:

Ibiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0041 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for processing a digital audio broadcast signal in a radio receiver, includes: receiving a hybrid broadcast signal; demodulating the hybrid broadcast signal to produce an analog audio stream and a digital audio stream; and using a normalized cross-correlation of envelopes of the analog audio stream and the digital audio stream to measure a time offset between the analog audio stream and the digital audio stream. The time offset can be used to align the analog audio stream and the digital audio stream for subsequent blending of an output of the radio receiver from the analog audio stream to the digital audio stream or from the digital audio stream to the analog audio stream.


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