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Acoustic echo cancellation with oversampling

US7764783B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2006
Grant dateJul 27, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M9/082
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for performing acoustic echo cancellation are described. An ADC oversamples an analog signal from a microphone and provides a near-end signal having a wider bandwidth than the bandwidth of a communication channel. A subband filter receives and filters the near-end signal, provides an in-band signal having spectral components in a frequency band of interest, and provides an out-of-band signal having spectral components in at least one other frequency band. An adaptive filter receives a reference signal and the in-band signal, derives an echo estimate signal with the reference signal, cancels a portion of the echo in the in-band signal with the echo estimate signal, and provides an intermediate signal. A double-talk detector detects for double talk based on the out-of-band signal and the intermediate signal, e.g., by determining a power ratio based on the powers of the out-of-band and intermediate signals and detecting for double talk based on the power ratio.

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