Graphic audio equalizer for personal computer system
US6111755A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system having an enclosure, a motherboard in the enclosure, one or more disk drive bays in the enclosure each defining a bay opening in the front, a plurality of daughter card slots each having a slot opening in the back, a sound card mounted in one of the daughter card slots, and a graphic audio equalizer having an equalizer enclosure including an equalizer front panel sized and configured for mounting in one of the drive bays with the front panel in the bay opening. The equalizer further having manually operable controls, a first and second visual indicator means, a master volume control, a bracket mounted in another one of the card slots, a plurality of equalizer connectors including equalizer inputs and equalizer outputs on the bracket, and a cable operatively interconnecting the equalizer connectors to the audio equalizer. An electric circuit card carrying audio interface circuit means is supported only on the bracket, and an SRS audio system is placed in the equalizer housing for enhancing sound delivered to the equalizer outputs.
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