Including frequency modification of audio signal or frequency shifting of audio carrier

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6690812 Watermark insertion and extraction into and from a high quality signal is performed using sample rate conversion
Feb-10-2004 A high-quality signal, for example, a unity-bit coded (DSD) audio signal having a 2.822 MHz bit rate (fs1) is converted to a lower sample rate (fs3) PCM signal by a sample rate converter (102). The watermark...
6425082 Watermark applied to one-dimensional data
Jul-23-2002 In the process of embedding watermark information in one-dimensional source data, first spread one-dimensional data x(t) is generated by subjecting one-dimensional source data s(t) to spectrum-spreading...
6597789 Video/audio scrambling with single conversion tuners
Jul-22-2003 Conventional decoding systems for scrambled audio-visual signals are improved by providing a dual-side local oscillator that functions as a high-side oscillator if the incoming RF signal is unscrambled...
6937728 Verifiable anonymous channel
Aug-30-2005 Two El Gamal ciphertexts, which are input to a two-input two-output unit switching gates SW forming a permutation network, are randomized with a random number and randomly permuted, and a zero-knowledge...
4654705 Two channel audio scrambling system
Mar-31-1987 A two channel audio scrambling circuit for a television signal encoding system includes synchronized digital carrier switching means for deriving two suppressed carrier, switched audio signals that are...
4910771 Television signal converter
Mar-20-1990 A television signal converter includes a CATV tuner having a channel converting function, a gain changing circuit for descrambling the output from the CATV tuner and the like, in order to convert a television...
4908860 System for the secret transmission of audio signals and television receiver for receiving such signals
Mar-13-1990 Encoding is realized by means of a first low-pass input filter (21), a first modulator (20), a second low-pass filter (19), a second modulator (18) whose modulating signal has a frequency which is pseudo-random...
6571144 System for providing a digital watermark in an audio signal
May-27-2003 The foregoing problems are solved and a technical advance is achieved by a computer-implemented system for providing a digital watermark in an audio signal. In a preferred embodiment, a audio file, such...
4922532 Sync suppression scrambling and descrambling of television signals for subscription TV
May-1-1990 The quality of sound delivered to a subscriber viewing a channel which has been scrambled using sync suppression scrambling, particularly when the program is being transmitted with stereo sound, is improved...
4222068 Subscription television apparatus and methods
Sep-9-1980 Subscription apparatus and methods wherein an encoder begins inversion of a video signal during the last horizontal trace line of a randomly selected vertical interval and continues to invert trace lines...
7020285 Stealthy audio watermarking
Mar-28-2006 Described herein is technology for inserting and detecting watermarks in signals, such as a music clip. In one described implementation, a watermarking system employs chess spread-spectrum sequences (i.e.,...
3936594 Secure television system
Feb-3-1976 A secure system for television transmission wherein a television signal is transmitted on one frequency channel and a composite high fidelity stereophonic audio signal is transmitted on a separate unrelated...
5430798 Scrambled TV-IF signal transmission system
Jul-4-1995 A cable TV signal transmission system comprising a Nyquist filter carrier recovery circuit, a mixer, a level shifter and a pre-emphasis circuit for transmitting scrambled TV-IF signals on an FM or digital...
4075660 Pay television system with synchronization suppression
Feb-21-1978 Reference pulses of opposite polarity to the horizontal sync pulses are added to the composite television signal just preceeding each horizontal sync pulse. The video portion of the signal is inverted...
4410911 Multiple signal transmission method and system, particularly for television
Oct-18-1983 A method and system for scrambling a plurality of input signals for secure transmission thereof, as well as various methods and systems for television transmission, are disclosed. The disclosed scrambling...
4398216 Multiple signal transmission method and system, particularly for television
Aug-9-1983 A method and system for scrambling a plurality of input signals for secure transmission thereof, as well as various methods and systems for television transmission, are disclosed. The disclosed scrambling...
7020286 Modulation of dynamical systems for communication
Mar-28-2006 A system for modulating and demodulating signals that provides a new class of signal modulators and their corresponding demodulators. The modulation scheme embeds in an information signal a carrier signal...
4956862 Method of providing sound privacy system compatible with mono and btsc stereo audio
Sep-11-1990 In order to provide secure access to the audio portion of a television signal, the audio portion of a TV signal is modulated at a frequency that is offset from the standard carrier frequency. In the embodiment...
6697942 Method for remotely managing a remote device using an electronic mail message
Feb-24-2004 A data formatting method for embedding diverse data types in an electronic mail message includes the step of forming a network compliant electronic mail message header. Command blocks representing diverse...
5058159 Method and system for scrambling and descrambling audio information signals
Oct-15-1991 Audio signals are scrambled by inverting the original; frequency spectrum so that frequency portions originally lying at the lower end of the audio frequency band are shifted to the upper end while those...
4586081 Method and apparatus for secure audio channel transmission in a CATV system
Apr-29-1986 A secure audio channel transmission system method and apparatus in which an FM signal is generated on an FM broadcast frequency, such as 107.5 megahertz, divided in frequency by 2 and distributed via a...
5471531 Method and apparatus for low cost audio scrambling and descrambling
Nov-28-1995 Audio signals are descrambled by double sideband modulating the scrambled audio signal with a modulation carrier having a carrier frequency slightly above the highest audio signal present in the scrambled...
4148063 Method and apparatus for encoding audio signals in television systems
Apr-3-1979 At the television transmitting end, the program audio signals to be encoded are limited to a range of 50 to 7,500 Hz. A 202 KHz signal is modulated by the so-limited audio signal and the resultant upper...
5598471 Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding of audio transmission signals
Jan-28-1997 A system for encoding and decoding an audio transmission signal comprises: (a) an encoder with a frequency-varying means to vary the carrier frequency of the audio signal according to an encryption algorithm;...
6061793 Method and apparatus for embedding data, including watermarks, in human perceptible sounds
May-9-2000 A technique for hiding of data, including watermarks, in human-perceptible sounds, that is, audio host data, is disclosed. In one embodiment a method comprises three steps. In the first step, data to be...
5206908 Method and apparatus for detecting timing pulses for scrambled television system
Apr-27-1993 A method and apparatus for detecting timing pulses for descrambling a scrambled television signal, wherein a video IF signal and a sound IF signal are separated from a scrambled television IF signal by...
4581765 Information security system
Apr-8-1986 A system is disclosed for encoding and decoding the audio signal portion of a television signal to prevent unauthorized reception of the audio signal. At the encoding stage, the audio signal is applied...
5528692 Frequency inversion scrambler with integrated high-pass filter having autozero to remove internal DC offset
Jun-18-1996 A frequency inversion scrambler in a cordless telephone utilizes an integrated high-pass filter (14) between a first stage low-pass filter (12) and modulator (16) to reduce the filter order while maintaining...
4659875 Electronic system for the secret transmission of audio signals
Apr-21-1987 System for the secret transmission of audio signals having at one end a coding arrangement comprising an input low-pass filter which selects the secret audio signals to be transmitted, two parallel signal...
4636853 Dynamic audio scrambling system
Jan-13-1987 A multi-mode audio scrambling system includes an all-pass filter and a 90 degree phase shift circuit for supplying balanced modulators with 90 degree phase displaced audio information and 90 degree phase...
5144666 Decoder to decode an encrypted sound
Sep-1-1992 Decoder for encrypted sound signals which are encrypted by modulating the sound signals on an alternating carrier signal having a frequency which is generally unknown to receiving parties. A modulator...
7043019 Copy protection for digital motion picture image data
May-9-2006 An apparatus and method for displaying a copy-deterrent pattern (104) within a digital motion picture in order to discourage recording of the motion picture using a video camera or other sampling recording...
6424925 Circuit and method for detecting a tone signal
Jul-23-2002 A tone detector includes at least one circuit (hereinafter "single phase reference matcher") that not only performs a convolution of an input signal with a reference signal, but also compares the result...
5159631 Audio scrambling system using in-band carrier
Oct-27-1992 Audio signals are scrambled by single side band modulating with a modulation signal carrier having a frequency lying within the audio frequency band so that the signals are frequency translated upward....
4638357 Audio scrambler
Jan-20-1987 A method and apparatus are disclosed for scrambling and descrambling an audio signal. An interference signal is generated and is intermittently, preferably pseudo-randomly, added to the program audio as...
4329711 Apparatus for encoding of information
May-11-1982 Information encoding apparatus comprises at least two modulators, each operating on a different channel, means for combining the outputs of the modulators, means for applying an information signal to the...
6427012 Apparatus and method for embedding and extracting information in analog signals using replica modulation
Jul-30-2002 Apparatus and methods are provided for embedding or encoding auxiliary signals into an analog host or cover signal. A replica of the cover signal or a portion of the cover signal in a particular domain...
6683958 Apparatus and method for embedding and extracting information in analog signals using distributed signal features and replica modulation
Jan-27-2004 Apparatus and methods are provided for embedding or embedding digital data into an analog host or cover signal. A distributed signal feature of the cover signal in a particular domain (time, frequency...