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Am stereo receivers having platform motion protection

CA 1237479 A · Owner: Kahn, Leonard R. · Inventors: Kahn, Leonard R.

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Certain, but not all AM stereo radio broadcasting and reception systems suffer from a severe form of reception anomaly wherein the perceived stereo image moves from side to side, back and forth which effect has come to be known as "Stereo Platform Motion" or simply "Platform Motion". A prior art patent proposed a method far sensing reception conditions conductive to Platform Motion and then switching the receiver from stereo to monophonic reception to avoid Platform Motion. The present invention enables the AM stereo receiver to maintain stereo operation under such reception conditions and, instead of switching the receiver to monophonic operation, it switches the receiver to a different …

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  • Granted May 31, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 31, 2005.
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FiledNovember 26, 1986
GrantedMay 31, 1988
Term endedMay 31, 2005
Patent numberCA 1237479 A
Classification (IPC)H04S1/00 +2 more

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