Method of transmitting voice information and an electronic communications device for transmission of voice information
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting voice information from an electronic communications device (1), said method comprising the steps of receiving said voice information from the environment of the device together with a first background sound, generating a sound signal having a first signal part representing the voice information and a second signal part representing the first background sound, reducing the signal part representing the first background sound, and transmitting said sound signal through a communications channel to which the device is connected, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of adding to said sound signal an additional signal representing a second background sound.
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Abstract
A method of transmitting voice information from an electronic communications device (1) comprises the steps of receiving the voice information from the environment of the device together with a first background sound, generating a sound signal having a first signal part representing the voice information and a second signal part representing the first background sound, reducing the signal part representing the first background sound, and transmitting the sound signal through a communications channel to which the device is connected. The method further comprises the step of adding to the sound signal an additional signal representing a second background sound. In this way background noise can be removed, while a natural and comfortable conversation can be maintained without revealing the location of the user of the device.
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1. A method of transmitting voice information from an electronic communications device (1), said method comprising the steps of
receiving said voice information from the environment of the device together with a first background sound, generating a sound signal having a first signal part representing the voice information and a second signal part representing the first background sound, reducing the signal part representing the first background sound, and transmitting said sound signal through a communications channel to which the device is connected, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of adding to said sound signal an additional signal representing a second background sound.
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6. An electronic communications device (1) for transmission of voice information, comprising
transducer means (2) for receiving the voice information from the environment of the device together with a first background sound, and for generating a sound signal comprising a first signal part representing the voice information and a second part representing the first background sound, means (5) for reducing the signal part representing the first background sound, and means (7, 8) for transmitting the sound signal through a communications channel to which the device is connected, characterized in that it further comprises means (9, 10) for adding to said sound signal an additional signal representing a second background sound.
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