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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;

Inventors:

Eric Lindemann, Boulder, CO (US);

Ziad Hatab, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Cirrus Logic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H03G 3/001 (2013.01); H04R 3/007 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spectral tilt of an audio signal is used to determine whether a speaker will introduce perceptible distortion during playback of the audio signal. The spectral tilt may be indicated by determining a ratio between energy in a distortion-producing frequency band and energy in a distortion-masking frequency band. Based on the determined spectral tilt, the distortion-producing frequency band may be attenuated to reduce the distortion introduced by the speaker. Additionally, the distortion-masking frequency band may be amplified to reduce perceptibility of the distortion produced by the speaker.


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