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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
William M. Kushner, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Sara M. Harton, Oak Park, IL (US);
Mark A. Jasiuk, Chicago, IL (US);
William M. Kushner, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Sara M. Harton, Oak Park, IL (US);
Mark A. Jasiuk, Chicago, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
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.