Patent References 2338551 2409058 2501327 2941044 3060795 3173136 3278676 3410958 3579233 Variable gain amplifier controlled by ambient noise level InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 07/076113 filed on 07/21/1987US Classes:348/484, Sound signal348/61, SPECIAL APPLICATIONS380/252, ELECTRIC SIGNAL MASKING381/105, Remote381/124, MISCELLANEOUS381/73.1, SOUND OR NOISE MASKING386/102, Including mixing or adding means434/307R, CATHODE RAY SCREEN DISPLAY AND AUDIO MEANS434/319AUDIO RECORDINGExaminersPrimary: Britton, Howard W.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG09B 5/04 (20060101)G09B 5/00 (20060101) H03G 3/32 (20060101) H04H 1/00 (20060101) H04R 27/00 (20060101) H04N 5/765 (20060101) A61M 21/00 (20060101) AbstractAn auditory subliminal programming system includes a subliminal message encoder that generates fixed frequency security tones and combines them with a subliminal message signal to produce an encoded subliminal message signal which is recorded on audio tape or the like. A corresponding subliminal decoder/mixer is connected as part of a user's conventional stereo system and receives as inputs an audio program selected by the user and the encoded subliminal message. The decoder/mixer filters the security tones, if present, from the subliminal message and combines the message signals with selected low frequency signals associated with enhanced relaxation and concentration to produce a composite auditory subliminal signal. The decoder/mixer combines the composite subliminal signal with the selected audio program signals to form composite signals only if it detects the presence of the security tones in the subliminal message signal. The decoder/mixer outputs the composite signal to the audio inputs of a conventional audio amplifier where it is amplified and broadcast by conventional audio speakers. | |