IP Library Granted Patent US 10,062,391
Granted Patent B2
US 10,062,391 · App. 15/391,980 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Audio processing device

Inventor: Kuniaki Yamamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Onkyo Corporation
G10L21/0208H03G3/3005H03G3/34H03M1/0872H03M1/66H04R3/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,062,391
App. No.
15/391,980
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To prevent that the noise occurs at timing switching between PCM data and DSD data by a simple configuration. An AV receiver 1 includes a mute circuit 5 that mutes output from a DAC 4 , a detection circuit 6 that detects that a digital audio signal is zero data and supplies a detection signal, a microcomputer 2 that supplies a control signal at timing switching from PCM data to DSD data before switches from PCM mode that the DAC 4 converts PCM data into an analog audio signal to DSD mode that the DAC 4 converts DSD data into the analog audio signal, and an AND circuit 7 that activates the mute circuit 5 in case that the detection signal from the detection circuit 6 and the control signal from the microcomputer 2 are supplied.

Claims (25)

1. An audio processing device comprising:

a D/A converter that converts a first digital audio signal and a second digital audio signal in which data format is different from the first digital audio signal into an analog audio signal;

a mute circuit that mutes output from the D/A converter;

a detection circuit that detects that a digital audio signal is a zero signal and supplies a detection signal;

a controller that supplies a control signal at timing switching from the first digital audio signal to the second digital audio signal before switching the D/A converter from a first mode that the D/A converter converts the first digital audio signal into the analog audio signal to a second mode that the D/A converter converts the second digital audio signal into the analog audio signal; and

a mute controller that activates the mute circuit in case that the detection signal from the detection circuit and the control signal from the controller are supplied to the mute controller.

2. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit supplies a high level signal as the detection signal,

the controller supplies a high level signal as the control signal,

the mute controller is an AND circuit that calculates logical AND of the signal supplied from the detection circuit and the signal supplied from the controller, and

the mute circuit mutes output from the D/A converter when the high level signal is supplied to the mute circuit from the mute controller.

3. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit supplies a high level signal as the detection signal,

the controller supplies a high level signal as the control signal,

the mute controller is a three state buffer to which the signal that is supplied from the detection circuit and the signal that is supplied from the controller are input, and

the mute circuit mutes output from the D/A converter when the high level signal is supplied to the mute circuit from the mute controller.

4. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit has an npn type bipolar transistor,

the digital audio signal is input to a base of the bipolar transistor,

a collector of the bipolar transistor is connected to a power source via a resistor,

an emitter of the bipolar transistor is connected to a ground potential, and output of the detection circuit is between the resistor and the collector of the bipolar transistor.

5. The audio processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller switches the D/A converter from the first mode to the second mode after it supplies the control signal.

6. The audio processing device according to of claim 1 , wherein the first digital audio signal is pulse-code modulation data, and the second digital signal is direct stream digital signal.

7. An audio processing device comprising: a D/A converter that converts a first digital audio signal and a second digital audio signal in which data format is different from the first digital audio signal into an analog audio signal;

a mute circuit that mutes output from the D/A converter;

a detection circuit that detects that a digital audio signal is a zero signal and supplies a detection signal;

a controller that switches the D/A converter from a second mode that the D/A converter converts the second digital audio signal into the analog audio signal to a first mode that the D/A converter converts the first digital audio signal into the analog audio signal at timing switching from the second digital audio signal to the first digital audio signal after the controller outputs a control signal in case that the detection signal is supplied to the controller; and

a mute controller that activates the mute circuit in case that the detection signal form from the detection circuit and the control signal from the controller are supplied to the mute controller.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: ONKYO HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
To: ONKYO TECHNOLOGY KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058163/0455 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 8, 2021
From: ONKYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA DBA ONKYO CORPORATION
To: ONKYO HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057862/0659 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2016
From: YAMAMOTO, KUNIAKI
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040787/0129 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-001150 · Jan 6, 2016 · national
JP 2016-178772 · Sep 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170194017A1 · Jul 6, 2017