What is claimed is:
1. A system, comprising:
a tuner for tuning to a radio station and for converting a signal transmitted by said radio station to an audio signal;
a memory unit for storing one or more templates; and
a recognition processor, coupled to said tuner and to said memory unit, for receiving said audio signal, generating templates from said audio signal, and comparing said generated templates to at least one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein if one of said generated templates matches one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit, said tuner is automatically tuned to a different radio station than the one to which said tuner is currently tuned.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein a template is a digital representation of a sample of an audio signal.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit corresponds to content that a user of the system has indicated a dislike thereof.
5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:
a second tuner for tuning to a second radio station and for converting a signal transmitted by said second radio station to an audio signal;
a second recognition processor, coupled to said second tuner, for receiving said audio signal produced by said second tuner, for generating templates from said received audio signal, and for comparing said generated templates to one or more previously generated templates that correspond to content for which the user has indicated a listening preference.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein if one of said templates generated by said second recognition processor matches one of said one or more previously generated templates, the first tuner is automatically tuned to said second radio station.
7. A system, comprising:
a CD player that produces an audio signal;
a memory unit for storing one or more templates; and
a recognition processor, coupled to said CD player and to said memory unit, for receiving said audio signal, generating templates from said audio signal, and comparing said generated templates to said on or more templates stored in said memory unit.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein if one of said generated templates matches one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit, said CD player is caused to automatically skip to a next song.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein a template is a digital representation of a sample of an audio signal.
10. A system, comprising:
a tuner for tuning to a radio station and for converting a signal transmitted by said radio station to an audio signal;
a memory unit for storing one or more templates; and
means for receiving said audio signal, generating templates from said audio signal, and comparing said generated templates to at least one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein if one of said generated templates matches one of said one or more templates stored in said memory unit, said tuner is automatically tuned to a different radio station than the one to which said tuner is currently tuned.
12. In a system comprising a tuner tuned to a first radio station, a method, comprising the steps of:
generating an audio signal from a signal transmitted by the first radio station;
generating templates from said audio signal;
comparing said generated templates to one or more previously generated templates; and
causing the tuner to tune to a second radio station if one of said templates generated from said audio signal matches one of said previously generated templates.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of said one or more previously generated templates is generated from an audio signal that contains content that a user of the system has indicated a dislike thereof.
14. In a system comprising a first tuner tuned to a first radio station and a second tuner tuned to a second radio station, a method, comprising the steps of:
generating an audio signal from a signal transmitted by the second radio station;
generating templates from said audio signal;
comparing said templates to one or more previously generated templates; and
causing the first tuner to tune to the second radio station if one of said templates generated from said second audio signal matches one of said previously generated templates.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein each of said one or more previously generated templates is associated with an audio signal that contains content in which a user of the system has indicated a listening preference.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of causing the second tuner to tune to a different radio station than the one to which the second tuner is currently tuned.
17. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of:
generating an audio signal from a signal transmitted by the first radio station;
generating templates from said audio signal generated from said signal transmitted by the first radio station;
comparing said templates generated from said audio signal generated from said signal transmitted by the first radio station to one or more previously generated templates; and
causing the first tuner to tune to a radio station that is different than the first radio station if one of said templates generated from said audio signal generated from said signal transmitted by the first radio station matches one of said previously generated templates to which said one of said templates was compared.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein each of said one or more previously generated templates is generated from an audio signal that contains content that a user of the system has indicated a dislike thereof.
19. A system, comprising:
at least one control panel;
means for producing an audio signal;
a speaker system, coupled to said audio signal producing means, for emitting sound associated with said audio signal;
means for generating a template from said audio signal;
means for determining whether a user of the system has activated a predetermined push button or buttons provided on said at least one control panel; and
adding means for adding said template to at least one of two or more sets of templates, wherein said adding means adds said template to said at least one of said two or more sets of templates if said determining means determines that said user has activated said predetermined push button or buttons.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for producing an audio signal is a tuner that receives a signal transmitted from a radio station and produces said audio signal from said signal.
21. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for producing an audio signal is a compact disc player.
22. In a sound system having at least one control panel, a method for adding a template to a set of templates, comprising:
producing an audio signal;
generating the template from said audio signal;
determining whether a user of the system has indicated a dislike of the content associated with said audio signal; and
adding said template to the set of templates if said determining means determines that said user has indicated a dislike of the content associated with said audio signal.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of determining whether a user of the system has indicated a dislike of the content associated with said audio signal comprises the step of determining whether a user of the system has activated a predetermined push button or buttons provided on the at least one control panel.
24. In a sound system having at least one control panel, a method for adding a template to a set of templates, comprising:
producing an audio signal;
generating the template from said audio signal;
determining whether a user of the system has indicated a listening preference for the content associated with said audio signal; and
adding said template to the set of templates if said determining means determines that said user has indicated a listening preference for the content associated with said audio signal.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the step of determining whether a user of the system has indicated a listening preference for the content associated with said audio signal comprises the step of determining whether a user of the system has activated a predetermined push button or buttons provided on the at least one control panel.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-13. (canceled)
14. A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition, the fuel injector having a longitudinal valve axis, the fuel injector comprising:
an intake connector situated at an inflow-side end, and having at least two sealing rings provided at an outer periphery of the intake connector to seal the fuel injector from a valve seat; and
an intermediate ring, wherein, via the intermediate ring, the two sealing rings are axially set apart from one another, being situated in each case in a ring chamber, the intermediate ring being embodied independently of the intake connector and including two parts.
15. The fuel injector of claim 14, wherein the intermediate ring includes an inner support ring and an outer ring.
16. The fuel injector of claim 15, wherein the inner support ring, via an inwardly projecting lip, engages in a groove of the intake connector.
17. The fuel injector of claim 15, wherein the inner support ring is made of plastic.
18. The fuel injector of claim 17, wherein the inner support ring is made of the same plastic as a plastic extrusion coat partially surrounding the fuel injector.
19. The fuel injector of claim 14, further comprising: an outwardly projecting locking bead, at an outer diameter of the support ring, at which the outer ring is able to lock into place.
20. The fuel injector of claim 19, wherein an upper locking surface of the locking bead extends largely perpendicularly to the longitudinal valve axis and a lower locking surface has a slanted arrangement.
21. The fuel injector of claim 15, wherein the outer ring is made of flexible plastic.
22. The fuel injector of claim 14, wherein the intermediate ring forms a support shoulder for at least one of the at least two sealing rings.
23. A method for installing a fuel injector in a valve seat, the fuel injector, at the inflow-side end, having an intake connector at whose outer circumference at least two sealing rings are provided, which are axially set apart from one another by an intermediate ring and which seal the fuel injector from the valve seat, the method comprising:
affixing an inner support ring of the intermediate ring on a circumference of the intake connector;
spreading open a first one of the at least two sealing rings, mounting it on the intake connector, moving it across the inner support ring and stripping it into a ring chamber, and mounting an outer ring on the inner support ring to complete the intermediate ring;
spreading open a second sealing ring, mounting it on the intake connector and stripping it into an additional ring chamber; and
subsequently inserting the fuel injector in the valve seat together with a sealing system thus mounted on the intake connector.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the inner support ring of the intermediate ring is extruded on a circumference of the intake connector in a same extrusion procedure as a plastic extrusion coat at least partially surrounding the fuel injector.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein the outer ring of the intermediate ring is locked into place on a locking bead of the inner support ring.
26. The method of claim 23, wherein the fuel injector is secured after having been inserted in the valve seat with corresponding affixation elements provided on the valve seat and on the fuel injector.