Patent · US Expired

Television captioning system

US4310854A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1979
Grant dateJan 12, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 24, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/0885
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Captioning of television presentations is achieved by transmitting digital data superimposed on the normal FM sound signal by modulation of an ultrasonic subcarrier and receiving the digital data at a viewer's television receiver by picking up the ultrasonic signal from the television receiver's loudspeaker; the received digital data being demodulated and applied to the television receiver as readable alphanumeric captions.

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