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Command communication system of the rectangular wave type

  • US 3,226,643 A
  • Filed: 01/08/1962
  • Issued: 12/28/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM COMPRISING:

  • FIRST, A TRANSMITTER INCLUDING A MICROPHONE FOR SPEECH INPUT, SAID SPEECH CONSISTING OF A SUCCESSION OF SYLLABLES, AN AMPLITUDE-CONDITIONING DEVICE COUPLED TO SAID MICROPHONE FOR EQUALIZING THE INTENSITY OF THE OUTPUT SIGNALS OF SAID MICROPHONE OVER A LARGE RANGE OF FREQUENCIES, A PLURALITYOF BANS PASS FILTERS COUPLED TO SAID AMPLITUDE CONDITIONER FOR ANALYZING SPEECH INTO A SPECTRUM, A LIKE PLURALITY OF RECTIFIER-LOW PASS FILTER NETWORKS COUPLED TO THE BAND PASS FILTERS FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGES INDICATIVE OF THE COMPONENTS OF A SPEECH WAVE, AN ARTICULATION DETECTOR COUPLED TO SAID AMPLITUDE CONDITIONER FOR MEASURING THE DURATION OF EACH SYLLABLE AND PRODUCING AN OUTPUT VOLTAGE INDICATIVE OF THE END OF A SYLLABLE, A PLURALITY OF AUDIO SIGNAL SOURCES HAVING DISCRETE FREQUENCIES, A SEPARATE PAIR OF AUDIO SIGNAL SOURCES HAVING DISCRETE FREQUENCIES, A PLURALITY OF WAVE-SHAPING NETWORKS COUPLED TO SAID PLURALITY OF AUDIO SIGNAL SOURCES FOR CONVERTING THE OUTPUTS THEREOF INTO A PLURALITYOF RECTANGULAR WAVES, A SEPARABEL APIR OF WABE-SHAPING NETWOEKS COUPLED TO SAID SEPARATE PAIR OF AUDIO SIGNAL SOURCES FOR CONVERTING THE OUTPUTS THEREOF INTO A SEAPARTE PAIR OF RECTANGLAR WAVES, A RATIO SELECTOR DEVICE CONTROLLED BY SAID PLURALITY OF DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGES AND COUPLED TO SAID PLURALITY OF WAVE-SHAPING NETWORKS TO PRODUCE A PLURALITY OF FIRST DIGITAL OUTPUT SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE TONAL COMPONENTS OF SAID SPEECH, A SEPARATE RATIO SELECTOR DEVICE COUPLED TO SAID SEPARATE PAIR OF WAVE SHAPERS AND CONTROLLED BY SAID ARTICULATION DETECTOR FOR PRODUCING SECOND DIGITAL OUTPUT SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE DURATION OF EACH SYLLABLE, MEANS FOR PRODUCING A RADIO FREQUENCY CARRIER, AND MEANS INCLUDING A MODULATOR AND A MATRIX ADDER FOR RECOVERING FROM THE CARRIER AND ISOLATING A PLUSAID CARRIER;

    AND, SECOND, A RECEIVER INCLUDING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST PLURALITY OF DEMODULATOR NETWORKS AND A SEPARATE PAIR OF DEMODULATOR NETWORKS FOR RECOVERING FROM THE CARRIER AND ISOLATING A PLURALITY OF MODULATION COMPONENTS CORRESPONDINGS TO SAID FIRST DIGITAL OUTPUT SIGNALS AND MODULATION COMPONENTS CORRESPONDING TO SAID SECOND DIGITAL OUTPUT SIGNALS, TEMPORARY STORAGE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF DEMODULATOR NETWORKS FOR STORING AN ENCODED WORD, PERMANENT STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING A COMMAND CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF ENCODED WORDS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SECOND DIGITAL COMPONENTS FOR SHIFTING EACH TEMPORARILY STORED WORD FROM THE TEMPORARY STORAGE MEANS TO THE PERMANENT STORAGE MEANS, MEANS INCLUDING A COUNTER AND A COMPARATOR AND A MEMORY FOR COMPARING A RECEIVED AND STORED COMMAND TO A SEQUENCE OF STANDARD COMMANDS, AND MEANS FOR EXECUTING AN ORDER WHEN THE COMMAND IS SATISFIED.

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