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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Steven H. Isabelle, Newton, MA (US);
Vasu Iyengar, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven H. Isabelle, Newton, MA (US);
Vasu Iyengar, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for deriving a signal-to-noise ratio based at least in part on a measured level of a signal carrying far-end speech, and a measured level of a signal carrying ambient acoustic noise; determining a target gain adjustment based at least in part on the derived signal-to-noise ratio; applying the target gain adjustment to the signal carrying far-end speech to produce a gain-adjusted signal; and providing the gain-adjusted signal for audio output from a communications device.