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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Rogerio G. Alves, Troy, MI (US);
Inventor:
Rogerio G. Alves, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Clarity Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 11/02 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The presence of speech in a filtered speech signal is detected for the purpose of suspending noise level calculations during periods of speech. A received speech signal is split into a plurality of subband signals. A subband variable gain is determined for each subband based on an estimation of the noise level in the received voice signal and on an envelope of the received signal in each subband. Each subband signal is multiplied by the subband variable gain for that subband. The subband signals are combined to produce an output voice signal.