Embedded signalling
US5319735A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/707
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A code signal representing a sequence of code symbols carrying digital information is generated with the frequency components of the code signal being essentially confined to a preselected signalling band lying within the bandwidth of an audio signal within which the code signal is to be embedded. The audio signal is continuously frequency analyzed over a frequency band encompassing the signalling band and the code signal is dynamically filtered as a function of the analysis thereby to provide a modified code signal with frequency components which are, at each time instant, essentially a preselected small proportion of the levels of the corresponding audio signal frequency components. Accordingly, the modified code signal can be combined with the audio signal to obtain a composite audio signal which is not readily distinguishable from the original audio signal by listening. Furthermore, the digital information can be recovered from the composite audio signal by a procedure which is essentially the compliment of that used to obtain the composite audio signal.
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