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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Michael A. Bryson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Bryson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for processing signals for reducing noise components in a vehicular microphone system (A) compares () a plurality of noise component values () for at least one frequency band of plurality of frequency bands. At least one frequency band is then downwardly expanded () by a predetermined expansion ratio () for providing a noise reduced signal () when determining a value is below a predetermined threshold ().