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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Vasu Iyengar, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Inventor:
Vasu Iyengar, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H03G 3/32 (2006.01); H04R 1/38 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H03G 3/32 (2013.01); H04R 1/38 (2013.01); H04R 1/086 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01); H04R 2410/07 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for comparing a level of a signal carrying ambient acoustic noise with a threshold level; and based on results of the comparison, ignoring time intervals identified as noise burst in estimating ambient noise levels.