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Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:

William M. Kushner, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Sara M. Harton, Oak Park, IL (US);

Mark A. Jasiuk, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

William M. Kushner, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Sara M. Harton, Oak Park, IL (US);

Mark A. Jasiuk, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/20 (2006.01); G10L 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for characterizing inhalation noise within a pressurized air delivery system, the method including the steps of: generating an inhalation noise model () based on inhalation noise; receiving an input signal () that includes inhalation noise comprising at least one inhalation noise burst; comparing () the input signal to the noise model to obtain a similarity measure; comparing the similarity measure to at least one threshold () to detect the at least one inhalation noise burst; and characterizing () the at least one detected inhalation noise burst.


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