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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 25/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for dynamically suppressing low frequency non-speech audio events, such as road bumps, without suppressing speech formants. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, maximum powers in first and second windows are computed and used to determine whether dampening should be applied, and if so, to what extent.