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Method and apparatus for identifying noise environments from noisy signals

US7266494B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2004
Grant dateSep 4, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L21/0216
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a noise environment for a frame of an input signal based on at least one feature for that frame. To identify the noise environment, a probability for a noise environment is determined by applying the noisy input feature vector to a distribution of noisy training feature vectors. In one embodiment, each noisy training feature vector in the distribution is formed by modifying a set of clean training feature vectors. In one embodiment, the probabilities of the noise environments for past frames are included in the identification of an environment for a current frame. In one embodiment, a correction vector is then selected based on the identified noise environment.

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