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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Song Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Samir Kumar Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Eddie L. T. Choy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Song Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Samir Kumar Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Eddie L. T. Choy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Voice activity detection using multiple microphones can be based on a relationship between an energy at each of a speech reference microphone and a noise reference microphone. The energy output from each of the speech reference microphone and the noise reference microphone can be determined. A speech to noise energy ratio can be determined and compared to a predetermined voice activity threshold. In another embodiment, the absolute value of the autocorrelation of the speech and noise reference signals are determined and a ratio based on autocorrelation values is determined. Ratios that exceed the predetermined threshold can indicate the presence of a voice signal. The speech and noise energies or autocorrelations can be determined using a weighted average or over a discrete frame size.