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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Vincent Barriac, Trelevern, FR;
Nicolas Cote, Brest, FR;
Valerie Gautier-turbin, Louannec, FR;
Sebastian Moeller, Berlin, DE;
Alexander Raake, Berlin, DE;
Marcel Waeltermann, Berlin, DE;
Ulrich Heute, Heikendorf, DE;
Kirstin Scholz, Kiel, DE;
Vincent Barriac, Trelevern, FR;
Nicolas Cote, Brest, FR;
Valerie Gautier-Turbin, Louannec, FR;
Sebastian Moeller, Berlin, DE;
Alexander Raake, Berlin, DE;
Marcel Waeltermann, Berlin, DE;
Ulrich Heute, Heikendorf, DE;
Kirstin Scholz, Kiel, DE;
Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, DE;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for determining a speech quality measure of an output speech signal with respect to an input speech signal, wherein the input signal passes through a signal path of a data transmission system resulting in the output signal, includes the steps of pre-processing the output signal; determining at least one of an interruption rate of the pre-processed output signal and a measure for an intensity of musical tones present in the pre-processed output signal; and determining the speech quality measure from at least one of the interruption rate and the measure for the intensity of the musical tones.