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Spectral enhancing method and device

US8239208B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2010
Grant dateAug 7, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L21/038
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for spectral enhancement and a device therefor. The inventive method is a method for enhancing spectral content of a signal having an incomplete spectrum including a first spectral band, the method including the following steps: at least transposing the spectral content of the first band into a second spectral band not included in the spectrum to generate a transposed spectrum signal, with spectrum limited to the second spectral band; transforming the spectrum of the transposed spectrum signal to obtain an enhancing signal; combining the incomplete spectrum signal and the enhancing signal to produce a spectrum enhanced signal. The invention is characterized in that the spectral content is subjected to a whitening step.

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