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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Knowles Electronics, Llc, Itasca, IL (US);

Inventors:

Sangnam Choi, San Jose, CA (US);

Chad Seguin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignee:

Knowles Electronics, LLC, Itasca, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present technology substantially reduces undesirable effects of multi-level noise suppression processing by applying an adaptive signal equalization. A noise suppression system may apply different levels of noise suppression based on the (user-perceived) signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) or based on an estimated echo return loss (ERL). The resulting high-frequency data attenuation may be counteracted by adapting the signal equalization. The present technology may be applied in both transmit and receive paths of communication devices. Intelligibility may particularly be improved under varying noise conditions, e.g., when a mobile device user is moving in and out of noisy environments.


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