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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Raymond Brückner, Blaustein, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
Ange Tchinda-pockem, Darmstadt, DE;
Mohamed Krini, Ulm, DE;
Inventors:
Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Raymond Brückner, Blaustein, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
Ange Tchinda-Pockem, Darmstadt, DE;
Mohamed Krini, Ulm, DE;
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus processes an acoustic input signal to provide an output signal with reduced noise. The apparatus weights the input signal based on a frequency-dependent weighting function. A frequency-dependent threshold function bounds the weighting function from below.