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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yushi Naito, Kamakura, JP;
Kazuo Saito, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381 46 ; 381 47 ;
Abstract
A speech detector has an intensity detector that indicates whether the intensity of a PCM signal exceeds a first threshold, and a normal-zero-crossing-count detector that indicates whether the zero-crossing count of the PCM signal exceeds a second threshold. The outputs of the intensity detector and normal-zero-crossing-count detector are combined by AND logic to produce the output of the speech detector. The second threshold is set well below the minimum zero-crossing count occurring in normal speech, the function of the normal-zero-crossing-count detector being to disable speech detection during line faults.