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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ingo Schalk-Schupp, Ulm, DE;

Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;

Friedrich Faubel, Ulm, DE;

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 9/08 (2006.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 9/082 (2013.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); H04M 9/08 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02082 (2013.01); H04M 1/6041 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for residual echo suppression is provided. Embodiments may include receiving an original reference signal and applying a distortion function to the original reference signal to generate a second signal. Embodiments may include generating a non-linear signal from the distortion function that does not include linear components of the original reference signal. Embodiments may also include calculating a residual echo power of a linear component and a non-linear component, wherein the linear component is based upon the original reference signal and the non-linear component is based upon the non-linear signal. Embodiments may further include applying a room model to each of the original reference signal and the non-linear signal and estimating a power associated with the original reference signal and the non-linear signal. Embodiments may include calculating a combined echo power estimate as a weighted sum of a weighted original reference signal power and a weighted non-linear signal power.


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