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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2006
Takehiko Isaka, Hachiouji, JP;
Takehiko Isaka, Hachiouji, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a noise suppressing apparatus comprising: a fifth unit configured to calculate a gain for noise suppression, based on the first signal-to-noise ratio for each frequency band and the second signal-to-noise ratio for an entire frequency band; an eighth unit configured to calculate an upper limit value of a noise suppression amount for each frequency band, based on the second signal-to-noise ratio; a ninth unit configured to calculate the noise suppression amount for each frequency band, based on the first signal-to-noise ratio; and a tenth unit configured to limit, based on the upper limit value, the noise suppression amount so as to calculate the gain.