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Partial band - whole band energy discriminator
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1981-03-05
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Granted: 1984-01-17
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Expires: 2001-03-05
Abstract
Abstract Energy in a received signal is distinguished as being whole band energy or partial band energy by comparing an average value of the received signal to a modified magnitude value of the received signal. A signal representative of the comparison result is supplied to a filter including hysteresis for generating a signal to control representative of whether whole band or partial band energy is present. Hysteresis is provided in generation of the control signal by comparing the output amplitude of the filter to a first threshold value when the control signal is a first state and then comparing the filter output amplitude to a second lower threshold value when the control signal is a second state. When the modified magnitude value exceeds the average value, the received signal includes whole band energy, otherwise the received signal includes only partial band energy. In one example, this technique is employed in an echo canceler to enable updating an echo path estimate during intervals that the received signal includes whole band energy and to inhibit updating of the echo estimate being generating when the received signal includes only partial band energy.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles W. K. Gritton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 09:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B3/00; H04B3/02; H04B3/20; H04B3/23
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
215 words
An energy discriminator of the type for discriminating between whole band energy and partial band energy in a received signal in a prescribed frequency band and for generating a control signal indicative thereof including, means for generating a first signal representative of an average value of the received signal, means for generating a second signal representative of a magnitude of the received signal, and first means for comparing said first and second signals to generate an output signal having a first state when said second signal is equal to or greater than said first signal and a second state when said second signal is less than said first signal, characterized by, low pass filter means having a prescribed characteristic for generating a filtered signal version of said first comparing means output signal, and second means for comparing said filtered signal to at least one predetermined threshold value to generate a first state of the control signal indicative that whole band energy is not being received when said first filtered signal amplitude value is less than said at least one threshold value and a second state of the control signal indicative that whole band energy is being received when said filtered signal amplitude value is equal to or greater than said at least one threshold value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
215 words
An energy discriminator of the type for discriminating between whole band energy and partial band energy in a received signal in a prescribed frequency band and for generating a control signal indicative thereof including, means for generating a first signal representative of an average value of the received signal, means for generating a second signal representative of a magnitude of the received signal, and first means for comparing said first and second signals to generate an output signal having a first state when said second signal is equal to or greater than said first signal and a second state when said second signal is less than said first signal, characterized by, low pass filter means having a prescribed characteristic for generating a filtered signal version of said first comparing means output signal, and second means for comparing said filtered signal to at least one predetermined threshold value to generate a first state of the control signal indicative that whole band energy is not being received when said first filtered signal amplitude value is less than said at least one threshold value and a second state of the control signal indicative that whole band energy is being received when said filtered signal amplitude value is equal to or greater than said at least one threshold value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
205 words
An energy discriminator of the type for discriminating between whole band energy and partial band energy in a received signal in a prescribed frequency band and for generating a control signal indicative thereof including, means for generating a first signal representative of an average value of the received signal, means for generating a second signal representative of a magnitude of the received signal, and first means for comparing said first and second signals to generate an output signal having a first state when said second signal is equal to or greater than said first signal and a second state when said second signal is less than said first signal, characterized by, low pass filter means having a prescribed characteristic for generating a filtered signal version of said first comparing means output signal, and means responsive to said filtered signal for generating a first state of said control signal indicative that partial band energy is being received until an amplitude of said filtered signal is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and then generating a second state of the control signal indicative that whole band energy is being received until the amplitude of said filtered signal is less than a second threshold value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
205 words
An energy discriminator of the type for discriminating between whole band energy and partial band energy in a received signal in a prescribed frequency band and for generating a control signal indicative thereof including, means for generating a first signal representative of an average value of the received signal, means for generating a second signal representative of a magnitude of the received signal, and first means for comparing said first and second signals to generate an output signal having a first state when said second signal is equal to or greater than said first signal and a second state when said second signal is less than said first signal, characterized by, low pass filter means having a prescribed characteristic for generating a filtered signal version of said first comparing means output signal, and means responsive to said filtered signal for generating a first state of said control signal indicative that partial band energy is being received until an amplitude of said filtered signal is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and then generating a second state of the control signal indicative that whole band energy is being received until the amplitude of said filtered signal is less than a second threshold value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An energy discriminator as defined in claim 2 wherein said first threshold value is greater than said second threshold value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
84 words
An energy discriminator as defined in claim 2 wherein said control signal generating means includes means having an input and an output and being responsive to said control signal for generating at said output said first threshold value when the control signal is said first state and for generating at said output said second threshold value when the control signal is said second state and second means for comparing said filtered signal to an output from said first and second threshold values generating means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
An energy discriminator as defined in claim 4 wherein said low pass filter means comprises a digital low pass filter including means for scaling by a predetermined factor said first comparing means output signal and wherein said first threshold value is greater than and in prescribed relationship to said second threshold value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
An energy discriminator as defined in claim 5 wherein said first threshold value is in first predetermined relationship to said scaling factor and said second threshold value is in second predetermined relationship to said scaling factor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
An energy discriminator as defined in claim 6 wherein said first predetermined relationship is 4 times said scaling factor and wherein said second predetermined relationship is 2 times said scaling factor.
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