Abstract:
Systems and methods are described for rendering content at a digital radio broadcast receiver system. A digital radio broadcast signal comprises data for rendering content at the digital radio broadcast receiver. The digital radio broadcast signal is processed to determine whether the data from the digital radio broadcast transmission contains a data error. A portion of the data containing the data error is identified. A download request is transmitted to a computing system, where the download request requests duplicate data for the portion of the data containing the data error. The duplicate data is received at the digital radio broadcast receiver for the portion of the data containing the error via other wireless communication other than the digital radio broadcast. The duplicate data is processed to provide an uninterrupted rendering of the content.
Abstract:
A radio receiver includes a first signal path including a first tuner configured to receive a first signal from a first antenna, and a first demodulator configured to demodulate symbols from an output of the first tuner to produce first branch metrics derived from the demodulated symbols; a second signal path including a second tuner configured to receive a second signal from a second antenna, and a second demodulator configured to demodulate symbols from an output of the second tuner to produce second branch metrics derived from the demodulated symbols; a combiner for maximum ratio combining the first branch metrics and the second branch metrics; and processing circuitry to process the combined first and second branch metrics to produce an output signal.
Abstract:
A method for processing a radio signal includes producing first and second streams of audio samples; decimating the first and second streams of audio samples to produce first and second streams of decimated streams of audio samples; estimating a first offset value between corresponding samples in the first and second streams of decimated streams of audio samples; shifting one of the first and second streams of audio samples by a first shift value; decimating the first and second streams of audio samples to produce third and fourth streams of decimated audio samples; estimating a second offset value; determining a final offset value based on an intersection of ranges of valid results of the first and second offset values; and shifting one of the first and second streams of audio samples by the final offset value to align the first and second streams of audio samples.
Abstract:
An object is to demodulate analog modulated and digitally modulated waves, and automatically switch to demodulate the digital modulated wave component when the reception quality becomes good while the analog modulated wave component is being demodulated. IF filters (1, 2) extract the analog modulated wave component and the digital modulated wave component from a modulated wave signal (Sin). The extracted components are frequency shifted at a frequency shifter section (3) and combined at a combining section (4) into a combined modulated wave signal (Shdaa), which is in turn converted at an analog-to-digital converter (5) to combined modulated wave data (Dhdaa). A band-pass filter (6) extracts data (Dd) corresponding to the digital modulated wave component from the combined modulated wave data (Dhdaa), so that a digital broadcast demodulation section (8) demodulates the data (Dd). A band-pass filter (7) extracts data (Da) corresponding to the analog modulated wave component from the combined modulated wave data (Dhdaa), so that an analog broadcast demodulation section (9) demodulates the data (Da). In accordance with an error sense signal (ERR) detected at the digital broadcast demodulation section (8), a reception quality decision section (10) determines whether or not the reception quality is good. When the reception quality is good, a digital broadcast demodulated data (DMd) is output via a switching section (11), whereas when the reception quality has degraded, an analog broadcast demodulated data (DMa) is output via the switching section (11).
Abstract:
A method of transmitting digital information includes: receiving a plurality of information bits representing audio information and/or data; encoding the information bits using complementary low density parity check coding to produce a composite codeword and a plurality of independently decodable semi-codewords; modulating at least one carrier signal with the forward error corrected bits; and transmitting the carrier signal(s). Transmitters that implement the method, and receivers that receive signals produced by the method, are also provided.
Abstract:
A method for processing a digital audio broadcast signal includes: separating an analog audio portion and a digital audio portion of the digital audio broadcast signal; determining the loudness of the analog audio portion and the digital audio portion over a first short time interval; using the loudness of the analog and digital audio portions to calculate a short term average gain; determining a long term average gain; converting one of the long term average gain or the short term average gain to dB; if an output has been blended to digital, adjusting a digital gain parameter by a preselected increment to produce a digital gain parameter; if an output has not been blended to digital, setting the digital gain parameter to the short term average gain; providing the digital gain parameter to an audio processor; and repeating the above steps using a second short time interval.
Abstract:
A method of processing a digital radio broadcast signal in a digital radio receiver includes: receiving baseband signal samples at a first sample rate; adjusting the sample rate of the baseband signals based on a difference between a receiver clock and a transmitter clock to produce adjusted baseband signal samples at a second sample rate; filtering the adjusted baseband signal samples to separate a digital component of the samples and an analog component of the samples, wherein the digital component and the analog component are synchronous; and separately demodulating the digital component and the analog component to produce a digital output signal and an analog output signal. A receiver that uses the method is also provided.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcasting receiver capable of displaying additional information on a frequency channel to be displayed without delay after channel restoration, by requiring no reacquisition of the additional information.SOLUTION: A broadcasting receiver comprises: reception means for receiving a digital broadcasting signal obtained by multiplexing additional information; storage means for storing the received additional information in a predetermined storage medium; determination means for determining whether or not there is possibility of using additional information already stored in the predetermined storage medium on the basis of additional information received in the past, when storing newly received additional information in the predetermined medium is to make overflow of storage capacity of the storage medium; and deletion means for securing storage capacity for storing the newly received additional information, by deleting additional information which it is determining by the determination means that there is no possibility of using.
Abstract:
Enhanced digital broadcast signals are transmitted on a digital radio broadcast signal by allocating spectral resources of the digital radio broadcast signal to simultaneously serve existing receivers (which can decode default content but not new content from the enhanced digital broadcast signal) and new receivers (which can decode default content and can decode new digital content from the enhanced digital broadcast signal) by modulating a first plurality of reference subcarriers with a first signal constellation, and modulating a second plurality of reference subcarriers with a second modified signal constellation such that a receiver processes the digital radio broadcast signal to produce a first coherent reference signal estimate for the first plurality of reference subcarriers to extract the default content for playback and to produce a second coherent reference signal estimate for the second plurality of reference subcarriers to disregard the new content.