Global Patent Index - EP 1269470 A1

EP 1269470 A1 20030102 - UNIVERSAL CD PLAYER

Title (en)

UNIVERSAL CD PLAYER

Title (de)

UNIVERSALER CD-PLATTENSPIELER

Title (fr)

PLATINE DE LECTURE DE CD UNIVERSELLE

Publication

EP 1269470 A1 20030102 (EN)

Application

EP 00916181 A 20000309

Priority

US 0006104 W 20000309

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0167448A1] A universal compact disc (CD) player having the ability to decode and play an encoded audio file residing on a CD, regardless of the particular encoding algorithm used to encode the audio file, consists of: a spindle motor (12, 16) and optical pickup (14, 18) adapted to read the signal recorded on the CD; an amplifier (20) to amplify the signal read by the pickup; a programmable digital processor (24) adapted to decode the amplified signal under the direction of a decoding software program; a nonvolatile memory (26, 28) containing the decoding software program directing the operation of the digital signal processor; a program adapted to read the decoding software program from a memory card (32) into the nonvolatile memory; a digital-to-analog converter (34) to convert the decoded signal into an analog audio signal; and a speaker (38) or headphones (40) to convert the analog audio signal into sound.

IPC 1-7

G11B 20/10; G11B 19/02

IPC 8 full level

G11B 19/12 (2006.01); G11B 20/00 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G11B 19/12 (2013.01); G11B 20/00007 (2013.01); G11B 20/10527 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0167448A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FR GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0167448 A1 20010913; EP 1269470 A1 20030102

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0006104 W 20000309; EP 00916181 A 20000309