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Speech signal transmission method providing for control

US5553190A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 1994
Grant dateSep 3, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/46
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of communicating a speech signal over a communication medium which utilizes VOX (Voice Operated Transmitter) control, and a speech signal transmitting unit and a speech signal receiving unit used in said method. The speech signal includes at least one speech-active duration in which actual speech exists and one silent duration in which no actual speech exists. At a transmitting side, the speech signal is analyzed for each of successive frames thereof to determine whether each frame is in the speech-active duration, and is coded for each of successive frames thereof to produce a series of successive coded data of the speech signal. Then, in response to the detection of a speech starting frame of the speech-active duration, the coded data of the speech starting frame is switched to a preamble, and the preamble and the successive coded data subsequent to the speech starting frame are transmitted in the form of a series of successive frames. At a receiving side, the preamble is detected and the decoded results of the coded actual speech data subsequent to the detected preamble are output as a speech signal. When a predetermined number of successive coded actual speech data hav…

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