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Tuner device

US8455748B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2010
Grant dateJun 4, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01H3/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pitch detection device in which a frequency can be lowered after having maintained both a pitch error accuracy and a response time at practical values to reduce current consumption. Because a number of times of cumulative addition is changed in response to a pitch of a measured signal, a cumulative addition time sum equals or exceeds a constant T_SUM_MIN. Accordingly, a pitch error accuracy of the measured signal achieves a required error accuracy. Furthermore, a frequency of the clock signal is decided using a numerical formula (6) and a numerical formula (7) so that the constant T_SUM_MIN does not exceed a required response time. Accordingly, a response time is within the required response time regardless of whether the frequency of the measured signal is lowered.

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