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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Franck Beaucoup, Dunrobin, CA;
Michael Tetelbaum, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Franck Beaucoup, Dunrobin, CA;
Michael Tetelbaum, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Mitel Networks Corporation, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/02 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for controlling noise characteristic estimation in a conferencing system, comprising a noise characteristic estimator for estimating a noise characteristic of a signal of interest transmitted in a first direction through the conferencing system, and a first voice activity detector for detecting audio signal activity in a signal transmitted through the conferencing system in a direction opposite to the signal of interest and in response disabling the noise characteristic estimator.