Integrated noise cancellation and residual echo suppression
US7027591B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M9/082
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A combined processor, such as might be used in a mobile handset or hands-free communication device, provides residual echo suppression and noise reduction while eliminating the need for explicit comfort noise generation. Operating within a near-end communication device, the processor receives an echo-canceled signal that is derived from a near-end input signal, and generates an output signal for subsequent transmission to a far-end communication device by applying a noise attenuation factor to the echo-canceled signal or to an average of that signal. The processor maintains the average signal across periods of speech and non-speech. During far-end-modes of operation, where only incoming audio from the far-end is active, the processor substitutes the average signal for the echo-canceled signal, such that a far-end listener receives the natural sounding average signal without receiving the objectionable, residual echo that may be in the echo-canceled signal.
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