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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Hitoshi Matsuzawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Matsuzawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an apparatus which estimates characteristics of a surrounding noise only when an input signal is soundless and performs a noise reduction or suppression of the input signal based on the estimated result, a signal noise ratio is estimated from the input signal, and an automatic switch or an automatic adjustment is performed so as to execute a noise reduction only when the signal noise ratio is good, otherwise to avoid the noise reduction or make the noise reduction degree smaller.