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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicants:
D. Michael Shields, St. Paul, MN (US);
Philip J. Zumsteg, Shorewood, MN (US);
Inventors:
D. Michael Shields, St. Paul, MN (US);
Philip J. Zumsteg, Shorewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/20 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method to detect and remediate unacceptable levels of speech intelligibility evaluates received test audio transmitted across and received in a space or region of interest. Intelligibility is improved by altering the rate, pitch, amplitude and frequency bands energy during presentation of the speech signal.