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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 19/00 (2013.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); H03G 3/32 (2006.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0205 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); H03G 3/32 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for audio intelligibility enhancement and computing apparatus are provided. The method includes the following steps. Environment noise is detected by performing voice activity detection according to a detected audio signal from at least a microphone of a computing device. Noise information is obtained according to the detected environment noise and a first audio signal. A second audio signal is outputted by boosting the first audio signal under an adjustable headroom by the computing device according to the noise information and the first audio signal.