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Systems and methods for enhancing voice quality in mobile device

US8311817B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 3, 2011
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2031

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

Abstract

Provided are methods and systems for enhancing the quality of voice communications. The method and corresponding system may involve classifying an audio signal into speech, and speech and noise and creating speech-noise classification data. The method may further involve sharing the speech-noise classification data with a speech encoder via a shared memory or by a Least Significant Bit (LSB) of a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) stream. The method and corresponding system may also involve sharing acoustic cues with the speech encoder to improve the speech noise classification and, in certain embodiments, sharing scaling transition factors with the speech encoder to enable the speech encoder to gradually change data rate in the transitions between the encoding modes.

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