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Internet communication device and method for controlling noise thereof

US7945442B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2006
Grant dateMay 17, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L25/78
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides an Internet communication device. The Internet communication device plays a remote audio signal received via a network and transmits an audio signal back to the remote party to complete the communication. The Internet communication device comprises a line-in speech detection module and a line-in channel control module. The line-in speech detection module detects whether the remote audio signal is speech or not to generate a remote speech detection result. The line-in channel control module then attenuates the remote audio signal if the remote speech detection result indicates that the remote audio signal is not speech, thus, all noise including non-stationary noise is removed from the remote audio signal.

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