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Method and apparatus for noise suppression of received audio signal in a cellular telephone

US6708023B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2000
Grant dateMar 16, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/1027
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a cellular telephone, a method of reducing background noise of an audio signal resulting from a received signal. Each digital sample of the audio signal is used to calculate an average energy of the audio signal over a number of samples. When the average energy is less than a threshold, a gain factor is calculated using the average energy and the threshold. The amplitude of the audio sample is then adjusted according to the gain factor.

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