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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Gerhard Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Mohamed Krini, Ulm, DE;
Inventors:
Gerhard Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Mohamed Krini, Ulm, DE;
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2410/05 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02165 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); H04R 2410/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system enhances speech by detecting a speaker's utterance through a first microphone positioned a first distance from a source of interference. A second microphone may detect the speaker's utterance at a different position. A monitoring device may estimate the power level of a first microphone signal. A synthesizer may synthesize part of the first microphone signal by processing the second microphone signal. The synthesis may occur when power level is below a predetermined level.