Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Periodic signal enhancement system
- Patent Title (中): 周期信号增强系统
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Application No.: US11101796Application Date: 2005-04-08
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Publication No.: US08170879B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Rajeev Nongpiur , David Giesbrecht , Phillip Hetherington
- Applicant: Rajeev Nongpiur , David Giesbrecht , Phillip Hetherington
- Applicant Address: CA Kanata, Ontario
- Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited
- Current Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kanata, Ontario
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: G10L13/06
- IPC: G10L13/06

Abstract:
A signal enhancement system improves the understandability of speech or other audio signals. The system reinforces selected parts of the signal, may attenuate selected parts of the signal, and may increase SNR. The system includes delay logic, a partitioned adaptive filter, and signal reinforcement logic. The partitioned adaptive filter may track and enhance the fundamental frequency and harmonics in the input signal. The partitioned filter output signals may approximately reproduce the input signal, delayed by an integer multiple of the period of the fundamental frequency of the input signal. The reinforcement logic combines the input signal and the filtered signals to produce an enhanced output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060098809A1 Periodic signal enhancement system Public/Granted day:2006-05-11
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