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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1982
Zbigniew B Styrna, Kanata, CA;
Mitel Corporation, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of controlling the loop gain in a loudspeaking telephone comprising storing reduced representations of an outgoing signal and an incoming signal in corresponding incoming and outgoing storage circuits respectively, in which the storage circuits have much faster attack times than decay times, comparing the representations, and controlling the gains of outgoing and incoming signal paths of the loop according to the degree and polarity of the result of the comparison. With the outgoing signal path connected to a microphone or a signal source and the incoming signal path connected to a loudspeaker, hands-free communication can be carried on having much more natural characteristics than in the past, devoid of most of the 'hollow' sound characteristic of prior art systems.