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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
John Gerard Beerends, Hengstdijk, NL;
John Gerard Beerends, Hengstdijk, NL;
Koninklijke KPN. N.V., The Hague, NL;
Abstract
Method and system for measuring transmission quality of an audio transmission system under test. Specifically, an input signal (X), such as an original input speech signal, is applied to the audio transmission system which results in an output signal (Y) produced by the transmission system. Both signals X and Y are mutually processed to yield a perceived quality signal. In accordance with the invention, output signal Y and/or input signal X are scaled such that, depending on a ratio of power of these two signals, relatively small deviations of power between these signals are compensated, while relatively larger deviations are only partially compensated. Further, an artificial reference speech signal may be created for which noise levels present in the input speech signal are reduced by a scale factor which reflects a local level of the noise in that input signal.