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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Dialog Semiconductor B.v., 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Michiel Helsloot, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Georgios Flamis, Patras, GR;
Gavin Radolan, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Dialog Semiconductor B.V., 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
A method and system for improving echo suppression and/or duplexity of handsfree telephone applications is presented. An echo suppression unit for an electronic device comprising a loudspeaker and a microphone is described. The microphone is configured to capture a transmit signal, wherein the transmit signal comprises an echo of a receive signal rendered by the loudspeaker. The echo suppression unit is configured to determine, based on the receive signal, whether the receive signal comprises a first frequency component causing the echo of the receive signal to comprise a distortion component. The distortion component comprises one or more frequencies which are not comprised within the first frequency component. Furthermore, the echo suppression unit is configured to apply a post-filter to the transmit signal, if it is determined that the receive signal comprises the first frequency component. The post-filter is configured to selectively attenuate the distortion component.