WO2007120734A3 - Environmental noise reduction and cancellation for cellular telephone and voice over internet packets (voip) communication devices - Google Patents

Environmental noise reduction and cancellation for cellular telephone and voice over internet packets (voip) communication devices Download PDF

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WO2007120734A3
WO2007120734A3 PCT/US2007/008983 US2007008983W WO2007120734A3 WO 2007120734 A3 WO2007120734 A3 WO 2007120734A3 US 2007008983 W US2007008983 W US 2007008983W WO 2007120734 A3 WO2007120734 A3 WO 2007120734A3
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environmental noise
microphone
voice over
over internet
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Alon Konchitsky
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Noise Free Wireless Inc
Alon Konchitsky
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/60—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
    • H04M1/6033—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/02—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
    • G10L21/0208—Noise filtering
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/02—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
    • G10L21/0208—Noise filtering
    • G10L21/0216—Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise
    • G10L2021/02161—Number of inputs available containing the signal or the noise to be suppressed
    • G10L2021/02165—Two microphones, one receiving mainly the noise signal and the other one mainly the speech signal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/02—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
    • G10L21/0208—Noise filtering
    • G10L21/0216—Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise

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  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
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  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
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Abstract

A system and method for reducing or entirely canceling background or environmental noise from a voice transmission from a communications device. A communications device(30), such as a cellular or a voice over internet or voice over packets mobile or wire lined telephone or cordless telephone, is configured with an environmental noise counterbalanced (correction) signal generator that is connected between a microphone(11) and a continuous time quadrant multiplier(22) or a discrete time processor(28). The original output of the microphone and a counterbalanced (correction) signal generated by the environmental noise counterbalanced (correction) signal generator(20) are mixed or combined together prior to being passed to a transmitter. In one embodiment a discrete time unit with or without signal processing is provided between the microphone (11) and the continuous time quadrant multiplier(22) or the discrete time processor(28) to help synchronize the timing of the signals to be mixed. In another embodiment a second microphone is employed to detect environmental noise.
PCT/US2007/008983 2006-04-11 2007-04-11 Environmental noise reduction and cancellation for cellular telephone and voice over internet packets (voip) communication devices WO2007120734A2 (en)

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US11/402,521 2006-04-11
US11/402,521 US20070237339A1 (en) 2006-04-11 2006-04-11 Environmental noise reduction and cancellation for a voice over internet packets (VOIP) communication device
US11/402,459 US20070263847A1 (en) 2006-04-11 2006-04-11 Environmental noise reduction and cancellation for a cellular telephone communication device
US11/402,459 2006-04-11

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