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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Phillip A. Hetherington, Port Moody, CA;
Alex Escott, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Phillip A. Hetherington, Port Moody, CA;
Alex Escott, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
QNX Software Systems Limited, Kanata, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processing system generates an output signal which includes desired signal components, and reduces or eliminates tonal noise. The output signal may be provided to any subsequent signal processing system, including voice recognition systems, pitch detectors, and other processing systems. The subsequent processing systems are less likely to mistake tonal input signal noise for desired signal content, to needlessly consume computational resources to analyze noise, and to take spurious actions induced by the tonal noise.