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Adaptive sub-band echo suppressor
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1982-10-27
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Granted: 1987-02-17
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Expires: 2002-10-27
Abstract
Abstract The subject suppressor is an improved form of echo suppressor used in conjunction with adaptive sub-band speech coders. The suppressor analyzes and uses N contiguous sub-bands of a sub-band speech coder. The intermediate results calculated during the normal operation of such speech coders may be analyzed in the suppressor to determine predictions for the echo levels of each sub-band and to set break in and break out thresholds. A substantial performance improvement with little increase in complexity over current echo suppressors is achieved. The subject suppressor may also be used with adaptive transform speech coders in which the corner frequency points define the edges of "sub-bands" for purposes of this invention. Sub-bands are defined here as contiguous segments of the frequency-energy spectrum. The sub-bands so defined can be formed or analytically divided by a bank of filters as in normal sub-band coders or they can be identified or analyzed as noted above by the corner points of an adaptive transform coder.
Inventors
- 👤 William G. Crouse
- 👤 David R. Irvin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:22
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B3/00; H04B3/02; H04B3/20; H04B3/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
An improved adaptive frequency sub-band echo suppressor having an input spectrum comprising a plurality of contiguous frequency sub-bands, comprising: means for measuring signal energy level in each frequency sub-band; means for estimating an initial expected echo return loss level factor for each frequency sub-band by multiplying said signal energy level in each said frequency sub-band by a presently existing echo loss level factor for each frequency sub-band; and means for selecting a final expected echo return loss level factor for each said frequency sub-band as the larger of said echo return loss level factors from a group of echo return loss level factors comprising said initial expected echo return loss level factor of each frequency sub-band and the initial expected echo return loss level factor of any immediately adjacent frequency sub-bands; and means for estimating a final echo return loss level for each said frequency sub-band by multiplying the measured signal energy level in each said frequency sub-band by said final expected echo return loss level factor for each said frequency sub-band.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
An improved adaptive frequency sub-band echo suppressor having an input spectrum comprising a plurality of contiguous frequency sub-bands, comprising: means for measuring signal energy level in each frequency sub-band; means for estimating an initial expected echo return loss level factor for each frequency sub-band by multiplying said signal energy level in each said frequency sub-band by a presently existing echo loss level factor for each frequency sub-band; and means for selecting a final expected echo return loss level factor for each said frequency sub-band as the larger of said echo return loss level factors from a group of echo return loss level factors comprising said initial expected echo return loss level factor of each frequency sub-band and the initial expected echo return loss level factor of any immediately adjacent frequency sub-bands; and means for estimating a final echo return loss level for each said frequency sub-band by multiplying the measured signal energy level in each said frequency sub-band by said final expected echo return loss level factor for each said frequency sub-band.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
150 words
An improved method of operating an adaptive sub-band echo suppressor operating on an input spectrum comprising a plurality of contiguous frequency sub-bands, comprising steps of: estimating initial expected echo return loss level factors for each frequency sub-band by measuring signal energy level in each frequency sub-band and multiplying said measured signal energy level in each frequency sub-band by a presently existing echo loss level factor for each frequency sub-band; and selecting a final expected echo return loss level factor for each frequency sub-band as the largest initial expected echo return loss level factor from a group of said echo return loss level factors corresponding to that of each frequency sub-band and its immediately adjacent frequency sub-bands; and estimating the final expected echo return loss level for each said frequency sub-band by multiplying the measured energy level of each said frequency sub-band by its final expected echo return loss level factor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
150 words
An improved method of operating an adaptive sub-band echo suppressor operating on an input spectrum comprising a plurality of contiguous frequency sub-bands, comprising steps of: estimating initial expected echo return loss level factors for each frequency sub-band by measuring signal energy level in each frequency sub-band and multiplying said measured signal energy level in each frequency sub-band by a presently existing echo loss level factor for each frequency sub-band; and selecting a final expected echo return loss level factor for each frequency sub-band as the largest initial expected echo return loss level factor from a group of said echo return loss level factors corresponding to that of each frequency sub-band and its immediately adjacent frequency sub-bands; and estimating the final expected echo return loss level for each said frequency sub-band by multiplying the measured energy level of each said frequency sub-band by its final expected echo return loss level factor.
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