Digital space phone system
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1. A television receiver having two-way telephone communication capability comprising:
- a talk channel and a listen channel coupled to a telephone line, said telephone line introducing substantial cross coupling between said channels;
an A/D converter in each said channel for digitizing signals in said channels;
a gain controlled amplifier in each said channel; and
channel control means for selectively controlling the gains of said channel as a function of the difference in signal levels in said channels and for offsetting cross coupled signals in said channels, said channel control means including;
differential means comparing the signal levels in the channels and developing an output as a function of the comparison;
a switch control generator for adjusting the gains of the channels in accordance with the output of the differential means; and
a variable gain amplifier, associated with each channel and having an output coupled to a respective input of the differential means and two inputs, one input being responsive to the signal level in the talk channel and another input being responsive to the signal level in the listen channel.
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Abstract
A television receiver having two-way telephone capability includes a digitized talk channel and a digitized listen channel each having a gain-controlled amplifier selectively controlled by a switch controlled generator driven by the output of a subtraction circuit. Multipliers are connected to the inputs of the subtraction circuit and in turn receive respective inputs from their associated channels and from the other channels for offsetting cross coupled signals due to the telephone interface.
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1. A television receiver having two-way telephone communication capability comprising:
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a talk channel and a listen channel coupled to a telephone line, said telephone line introducing substantial cross coupling between said channels; an A/D converter in each said channel for digitizing signals in said channels; a gain controlled amplifier in each said channel; and channel control means for selectively controlling the gains of said channel as a function of the difference in signal levels in said channels and for offsetting cross coupled signals in said channels, said channel control means including; differential means comparing the signal levels in the channels and developing an output as a function of the comparison; a switch control generator for adjusting the gains of the channels in accordance with the output of the differential means; and a variable gain amplifier, associated with each channel and having an output coupled to a respective input of the differential means and two inputs, one input being responsive to the signal level in the talk channel and another input being responsive to the signal level in the listen channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A television receiver having two-way telephone communication capability comprising:
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a talk channel having an output circuit, including a microphone responsive to sound adjacent to the television receiver, coupled to a telephone line; a listen channel having an output circuit coupled to said telephone line, and being connectable to the television audio system, said telephone line introducing substantial cross coupling between said channels; A/D converter means for digitizing output analog signals from said microphone and from said telephone line; a gain-controlled amplifier and a D/A converter in the output circuits of each said talk channel and said listen channel; and channel control means selectively controlling the gains of said gain-controlled amplifiers as a function of the digitized signal in said channels and for offsetting cross coupled signals in said channels, said channel control means including; differential means, having a pair of inputs each of which is connected to receiver signals in said talk channel and in said listen channel; a switch control generator for selectively adjusting the gains of said gain-controlled amplifiers in accordance with the output of said differential means; and a variable gain amplifier associated with each channel, and having an output coupled to the input of said differential means and two inputs, one input being responsive to signal levels in the talk channel and the other input being responsive to signal levels in the listen channel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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