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Method and device for preprocessing an acoustic signal upstream of a speech coder

US5644679A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1995
Grant dateJul 1, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L19/06
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The input acoustic signal is subjected to high-pass filtering. The energy of the high-pass filtered signal is compared with that of the unfiltered signal in order to determine a state of the signal from among a first state for which the energy of the high-pass filtered signal is above a predetermined fraction of the energy of the unfiltered signal and a second state for which the energy of the high-pass filtered signal is below the predetermined fraction of the energy of the unfiltered signal. The high-pass filtered signal subjected to pre-emphasis of the high frequencies is addressed to the input of the coder when the signal is in its second state.

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