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Method and apparatus for detecting reception of a tone signal

US5572588A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 5, 1994
Grant dateNov 5, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q1/46
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Tone detection may be accomplished by receiving an in-phase signal component 203 and a quadrature signal component 204. These components are then sampled to produce a plurality of sampled in-phase signal components 207 and a plurality of sampled quadrature signal components 208. The sampled in-phase signal components 207, or the sampled quadrature signal components 208, are then shifted by a pre-determined phase angle to produce a plurality of shifted components. Having shifted these signals, the shifted signals, or at least a set of them, are compared with the opposite non-shifted sampled signals, or a set thereof. When each of the shifted signal components substantially match the opposite non-shifted signal components, a tone signal is being received.

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