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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Lucio F. C. Pessoa, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Roman A. Dyba, Austin, TX (US);

David B. Melles, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Lucio F. C. Pessoa, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Roman A. Dyba, Austin, TX (US);

David B. Melles, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and corresponding systems for suppressing noise in an input signal include setting a minimum overall gain in a noise reduction processor for processing a first frame of data associated with the input signal. In response to a new minimum overall gain being set, the minimum overall gain in the noise reduction processor is replaced with the new minimum overall gain, and a second frame of data associated with the input signal is processed to suppress noise using the new minimum overall gain. The new minimum overall gain can be a function of the input signal or an output signal of the noise reduction processor. The new minimum overall gain can correspond to a difference between an estimated signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement that is calculated using time-domain data and a target SNR improvement.


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