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Device for improving voice signal in quality

US6914940B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2000
Grant dateJul 5, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B14/06
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a device for improving voice signal in quality by discriminating a radio environment of a signal transmission path and detecting a click noise. The device for improving voice signal in quality calculates an average value for a short interval of a received ADPCM code, identifies from such average value the nature of a radio environment of a signal transmission path, and considers that a click noise is occurred when the average value exceeds a threshold value assigned radio environment. The present invention comprises a click noise detector (22) for outputting a click noise detecting signal, and a click noise suppressing circuit for suppressing the click noise by setting the velocity coefficient of an ADPCM decoder (21) as “0” for a frame in which a frame error detecting signal, which represents the detection of a frame error of the received ADPCM code, and a click noise detecting signal are both detected.

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