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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Jes Thyssen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Juin-hwey Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Wilfrid Leblanc, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Jes Thyssen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Juin-Hwey Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Wilfrid LeBlanc, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 19/012 (2013.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 19/012 (2013.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speech intelligibility enhancement (SIE) system and method is described that improves the intelligibility of a speech signal to be played back by an audio device when the audio device is located in an environment with loud acoustic background noise. In an embodiment, the audio device comprises a near-end telephony terminal and the speech signal comprises a speech signal received over a communication network from a far-end telephony terminal for playback at the near-end telephony terminal.