Method of recording and reading audio information signals in digital form, and apparatus for performing same
First Claim
1. A method of recording and reading audio information signals in digital form, comprising the steps of:
- comparing the code values of the digital signal with a predetermined pause identifier code;
distorting the code value of the digital signal by altering one of the minor symbols of the code value of the digital signal if the result of the comparison coincides;
detecting a chain of code values corresponding to a pause in an audio signal;
measuring the duration of the chain of code values of the digital signal corresponding to the pause in the audio signal;
compressing the digital signal, which is performed by generating a pause identifier code and a pause duration code for their subsequent recording with the digital signal;
reading out of the digital signal;
detecting the pause identifier code and the pause duration code by which the time decompression is performed and using them for restoring the duration of the chain of code values of the digital signal corresponding to the pause in the audio signal.
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Abstract
The method of recording and reading audio information signals in digital form includes detecting, during time compression of digital signals, a chain of code values of the digital signal corresponding to a pause in the audio signal, measuring the duration of this chain of code values of the digital signal and shaping a pause identifier code and a pause duration code for subsequent recording with the digital signal. Furthermore, in the reading mode, time decompression of the digital signal includes detecting the pause identifier code and the pause duration code and using them to restore the duration of said chain of code values of the digital signal. To perform this method, the apparatus comprises a pause decoder (17), a pause identifier code shaper (18), a pause identifier code decoder (19), a condition (20) of pause duration count control signals and a pause duration counter (21).
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19 Claims
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1. A method of recording and reading audio information signals in digital form, comprising the steps of:
- comparing the code values of the digital signal with a predetermined pause identifier code;
distorting the code value of the digital signal by altering one of the minor symbols of the code value of the digital signal if the result of the comparison coincides;
detecting a chain of code values corresponding to a pause in an audio signal;
measuring the duration of the chain of code values of the digital signal corresponding to the pause in the audio signal;
compressing the digital signal, which is performed by generating a pause identifier code and a pause duration code for their subsequent recording with the digital signal;
reading out of the digital signal;
detecting the pause identifier code and the pause duration code by which the time decompression is performed and using them for restoring the duration of the chain of code values of the digital signal corresponding to the pause in the audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- comparing the code values of the digital signal with a predetermined pause identifier code;
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9. An apparatus for recording and reading audio information signals in digital form, comprising a series connection of a data input unit, a storage and a data output unit, the data input unit having main data inputs and outputs, the control inputs, respectively, of the data input unit and of the data output unit and the timing input of the storage having connected thereto the corresponding outputs of the control unit, the main control inputs of the control unit and the main data outputs of the data output unit being, respectively, the "timing", "record", "stop" and "playback" control inputs and the data outputs of the apparatus also having data inputs;
- a series connection of a pause decoder and a pause identifier code shaper; and
a series connection of a main pause identifier code decoder, a conditioner of pause duration count control signals and a pause duration counter, the additional data outputs of the data input unit being connected to the respective inputs of the pause decoder, and the outputs of the pause identifier code shaper and of the pause duration counter being connected, respectively to the corresponding additional data inputs of the data input unit, the additional data outputs of the data output unit being connected to the corresponding inputs of the main pause identifier code decoder, the outputs of the storage being additionally connected to the corresponding inputs of the conditioner of pause duration count control signals, the output of the pause decoder being additionally connected to an additional input of the control unit and to the corresponding input of the conditioner of pause duration count control signals having connected to one of the control inputs thereof an output "P" of the pause duration counter, other control inputs being "timing", "record" and "playback" control inputs of the apparatus, additional control inputs of the control unit (10) being connected to the corresponding outputs of the conditioner of pause duration count control signals, an input "C" of the pause duration counter and the corresponding inputs of the pause identifier code shaper being the "timing" and "record" control inputs of the apparatus;
a series connection of an audio signal code corrector and an additional pause identifier code decoder, the data inputs of the corrector being the data inputs of the apparatus, the outputs of the audio signal code corrector being connected to the corresponding data inputs of the data input unit, the inputs of the additional pause identifer code decoder being connected to additional data outputs of the data input unit, and the output thereof being connected to the control input of the audio signal code corrector. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- a series connection of a pause decoder and a pause identifier code shaper; and
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