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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A level detection unit detects a level of an audio signal. A level control unit controls the level of the audio signal according to a gain. A gain control unit performs a limit operation and a recovery operation according to the level of the audio signal. A noise generation unit outputs a noise signal. A combination unit combines the audio signal from the level control unit with the noise signal. In a second recovery mode, the gain control unit increases the gain in a longer time than in a first recovery mode. The gain control unit controls the noise generation unit to output a noise signal with a predetermined level in the first recovery mode, and to output a noise signal with a level according to the gain of the level control unit in the second recovery mode.