Method, equipment and recording device for suppressing pulsed interference in analogue audio and/or video signals
US6654471B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B20/22
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Clicks in voice and music signals are removed by detecting and interpolating the click. The use of a permanently set threshold value above the peak value of the audio signal is known for detecting the clicks, and interpolation carried out on the basis of the sample values before and after a click is known for filling them in. Disadvantages of these methods are, on the one hand, that many clicks do not have a larger amplitude than the peak signal and therefore remain undetected, and, on the other hand, interpolation is a highly complex procedure and is limited to a maximum click density. The invention provides for an error signal (en) to be determined by adaptive filtering (AF). A sample value is designated as distorted in the input signal (xn) if the absolute instantaneous value in the error signal (en) exceeds a dynamically adapted threshold value. The output signal of the adaptive filtering (yn) is used as a substitute value for the sample value designated as distorted, specifically both in the case of the signal which is output and in the input values of the adaptive filtering.
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