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Voice conference system using echo cancellers
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1989-06-20
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Granted: 1991-06-25
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Expires: 2009-06-20
Abstract
Abstract A voice conference system using echo cancelers. The system consists of at least two microphone to send out voice signals to a remote location, and a loudspeaker which receives in voice signals from the remote location. To prevent the microphone from picking up the loudspeaker sound, each microphone is hooked to the separate terminal of a comparator. Thus the a person's voice in one microphone will pass, but the loudspeaker sound being received equally by both microphones will be cancelled.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihiro Yamamura
- 👤 Hitoshi Fuda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 00:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M9/00; H04M9/08; H04M9/082; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/56; H04M3/561; H04R; H04R3/00; H04R3/005; H04M3/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A voice conference system comprising: send-out signal generating means comprising at least one first microphone for producing a first send-out signal, at least one second microphone for producing a second send-out signal, and mixing means for producing a signal representative of a difference between said first and second send-out signals from said first and second microphones, respectively; receive-in signal reproducing means for causing a loudspeaker to reproduce a receive-in signal coming in over a communication line to thereby output a reproduced signal; and echo canceler means for cancelling a reverberation signal ascribable to said first and second microphones which pick up said reproduced signal by subtracting from said reverberation signal an estimated reverberation signal which is produced based on said receive-in signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A voice conference system comprising: send-out signal generating means comprising at least one first microphone for producing a first send-out signal, at least one second microphone for producing a second send-out signal, and mixing means for producing a signal representative of a difference between said first and second send-out signals from said first and second microphones, respectively; receive-in signal reproducing means for causing a loudspeaker to reproduce a receive-in signal coming in over a communication line to thereby output a reproduced signal; and echo canceler means for cancelling a reverberation signal ascribable to said first and second microphones which pick up said reproduced signal by subtracting from said reverberation signal an estimated reverberation signal which is produced based on said receive-in signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
A voice conference system comprising: (a) a first microphone; (b) a second microphone; (c) a comparator having a first input connected to said first microphone, a second input connected to said second microphone, said comparator transmitting an electrical send-out signal with reduced reverberations; (c) a hybrid transformer receiving said electrical send-out signal and transmitting an electrical receive-in signal; (d) a speaker which receives said electrical receive-in signal and transmits an audio sound which can be received by said first microphone and said second microphone; and (e) an echo canceller receiving said electrical receive-in signal and said electrical send-out signal and transmitting said electrical send-out signal with further reduced reverberations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
A voice conference system comprising: (a) a first microphone; (b) a second microphone; (c) a comparator having a first input connected to said first microphone, a second input connected to said second microphone, said comparator transmitting an electrical send-out signal with reduced reverberations; (c) a hybrid transformer receiving said electrical send-out signal and transmitting an electrical receive-in signal; (d) a speaker which receives said electrical receive-in signal and transmits an audio sound which can be received by said first microphone and said second microphone; and (e) an echo canceller receiving said electrical receive-in signal and said electrical send-out signal and transmitting said electrical send-out signal with further reduced reverberations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A voice conference system as recited in claim 2 further comprising: (f) a third microphone connected to said first input of said comparator; and (g) a fourth microphone connected to said second input of said comparator.
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