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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 1/326 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speech enhancement method is provided. The speech enhancement method includes: estimating a direction of a speaker by using an input signal, generating direction information indicating the estimated direction, detecting speech of a speaker based on a result of the estimating the direction, and enhancing the speech of the speaker by using the direction information based on a result of the detecting the speech.