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Method and filter for enhancing a noisy speech signal

US5148488A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1989
Grant dateSep 15, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L21/0208
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A filter for filtering a speech signal to reduce acoustic noise is disclosed. In accordance with the inventive filter, the parameters of an all-pole vocal tract model are first estimated from the noisy signal using a least mean square algorithm as if no noise were present, and then the speech signal is filtered using an approximate limiting Kalman filter constructed according to the estimated parameters.

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