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Apparatus for extracting envelope data from an input waveform signal and for approximating the extracted envelope data

US4958552A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 1989
Grant dateSep 25, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H1/0575
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An envelope extracting circuit extracts an envelope from the waveform sampled by a musical tone sampling circuit, and stores the envelope data into a memory. An envelope approximating circuit approximates the envelope data as stored in the memory by the function data such as linear or exponential function data. The original envelope is approximated by a limited number of function waveforms whose characteristics change at switching points.

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