Radio receiver and buffer system therefor
US5463599A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2207/16
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A buffer system for radio receivers includes an analog-to-digital converter, a digital cyclic storage device for continuously storing in digital form the audio signals last outputted thereby over a predetermined time interval, and a control circuit including a mode selector switch to select a Skip Mode, in which the receiver audio circuit receives the signals from the cyclic storage device with a slowly increasing delay from real-time, and another switch to connect the audio circuit to receive the audio signals real-time, and thus to skip a part of the broadcasted information. The mode selector may also select a Standby Mode for storing information broadcasted before the receiver has been turned on, and/or a Forward Mode for storing information broadcasted after the receiver has been turned off.
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