US5835607A
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Mobile radiotelephone with handsfree device
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1994-09-07
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Granted: 1998-11-10
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Expires: 2014-09-07
Abstract
Abstract A mobile radio transceiver comprising a hands-free facility, which hands-free facility combines at least two acoustic input signals to produce an output signal, and an adaptive filter is provided for filtering the combined output signal. To achieve an improved speech quality, a high-pass filter is provided for filtering the acoustic input signals.
Inventors
- 👤 Rainer Martin
- 👤 Kees Janse
- 👤 Charles Knibbler
- 👤 Walter Kellermann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 10:46
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R3/00; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/60; H04M1/6033; H04M1/6041; H04M1/6075; H04M1/02; H04M1/19; H04R3/005; H04R3/04; H04R2499/00; H04R2499/10; H04R2499/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A mobile radio transceiver with a hands-free facility, said hands-free facility comprising: means for combining at least two acoustic input signals and providing a combined output signal, said means for combining comprising a delay equalization circuit for equalizing delays between the input signals, said delay equalization circuit comprising plausibility examining means for examining whether a defined distance and/or direction from a starting point of the input signals to a speaker exceeds a predeterminable limit value; an adaptive filter for filtering the combined output signal of said combining means; and means for high-pass filtering each of the acoustic input signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A mobile radio transceiver with a hands-free facility, said hands-free facility comprising: means for combining at least two acoustic input signals and providing a combined output signal, said means for combining comprising a delay equalization circuit for equalizing delays between the input signals, said delay equalization circuit comprising plausibility examining means for examining whether a defined distance and/or direction from a starting point of the input signals to a speaker exceeds a predeterminable limit value; an adaptive filter for filtering the combined output signal of said combining means; and means for high-pass filtering each of the acoustic input signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The mobile radio transceiver as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an arrangement for computing parameter of said adaptive filter from an autocorrelation function and a cross-correlation function of the input signals, wherein the autocorrelation function and/or cross-correlation function are averaged with time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The mobile radio transceiver as claimed in claim 2, further wherein for computing the cross-correlation function the autocorrelation function is scaled and the cross-correlation function is affected by the autocorrelation function.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The mobile radio transceiver as claimed in claim 3, further comprising switching means for not using the adaptive filter when there is a coefficient overflow during a computation of the autocorrelation function and/or the cross-correlation function.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The mobile radio transceiver as claimed in claim 4, wherein the adaptive filter is a Wiener filter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
119 words
A hands-free facility comprising: means for combining at least two acoustic input signals and providing a combined output signal, said means for combining comprising a delay equalization circuit for equalizing delays between the input signals, said delay equalization circuit comprising plausibility examining means for examining whether a defined distance and/or direction from a starting point of the input signals to a speaker exceeds a predeterminable limit value; an adaptive filter for filtering the combined output signal of said combining means; a high-pass filter for filtering the acoustic input signals; and a further high-pass filter for filtering an output signal of said adaptive filter, the limit frequency of the further high-pass filter lying in the range from 200to 400 Hz.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
119 words
A hands-free facility comprising: means for combining at least two acoustic input signals and providing a combined output signal, said means for combining comprising a delay equalization circuit for equalizing delays between the input signals, said delay equalization circuit comprising plausibility examining means for examining whether a defined distance and/or direction from a starting point of the input signals to a speaker exceeds a predeterminable limit value; an adaptive filter for filtering the combined output signal of said combining means; a high-pass filter for filtering the acoustic input signals; and a further high-pass filter for filtering an output signal of said adaptive filter, the limit frequency of the further high-pass filter lying in the range from 200to 400 Hz.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The hands-free facility as claimed in claim 6, further comprising an arrangement for computing parameters of said adaptive filter from an autocorrelation function and a cross-correlation function of the input signals, wherein the autocorrelation function and/or crosscorrelation function are averaged with time.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The hands-free facility as claimed in claim 7, further wherein for computing the cross-correlation function the autocorrelation function is scaled and the crosscorrelation function is affected by the autocorrelation function.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The hands-free facility as claimed in claim 8, further comprising switching means for not using the adaptive filter when there is a coefficient overflow during a computation of the autocorrelation function and/or the cross-correlation function.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The hands-free facility as claimed in claim 9, wherein the adaptive filter is a Wiener filter.
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