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Apparatus for connecting digital data

US4541089A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 1983
Grant dateSep 10, 1985
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2003

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/038
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for connecting first and second digital data which overlap before and after a connecting point, and in which said digital data is muted after the connecting point for limiting errors in the output from the apparatus, the combination of a detector which detects when the muting of the second digital data terminates and which generates detection signals in response thereto, and a cross-fader which gradually fades out the first digital data and gradually fades in the second digital data in response to the detection signals.

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