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Voice switching system and voice switching method

US6816591B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2001
Grant dateNov 9, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M9/10
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There are provided a voice switching system and a voice switching method which are capable of carrying out highly accurate voice detection and performing a switching action properly even in the presence of an unstationary noise or under circumstances where the S/N ratio is low. The voice switching system comprises a receiving-side voice detection processing section which carries out the voice detection processing of a reception signal, a transmitting-side voice detection processing section which carries out the voice detection processing of a transmission signal, and a loss controlling section which controls the losses of a reception voice attenuator which attenuates the reception signal and a transmission voice attenuator which attenuates the transmission signal according to the results of the voice detection processings, and in the receiving-side voice detection processing section and transmitting-side voice detection processing section, a noise level estimate is computed from the amplitude level of the reception signal or the transmission signal at a predetermined interval, and a threshold computed from the noise level estimate is compared with the reception signal or the transm…

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