Voice processing method, telephone using the same and relay station

• US 20020111796A1
• Filed: 02/28/2001
• Published: 08/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nemoto, Yasushi
• Application Number:
  US09/796,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20020111796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/205
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/0135 Voice conversion or morphing
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0364 for improving intelligibility
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6016 in the receiver circuit

Abstract

There is provided a voice processing technology and device utilizing the voice processing technology, capable of making the voice on the telephone receiver easy to hear according to the frequency. This invention utilizes a frequency conversion means capable of converting the input voice frequency to a desired frequency. The frequency conversion level or frequency shift can be optionally set for each frequency. The frequency is not changed if the input voice frequency is low. The higher the voice frequency, the greater the frequency conversion shift to a low frequency range for an easy to hear voice.

Claims

1. A voice processing method comprising the steps of:

a step for detecting a plurality of predetermined audio frequencies for telephone receiver; and

a step for performing frequency conversion of the respective frequencies according to a conversion rate established according to the detected frequencies.

2. A voice processing method according to claim 1, wherein the higher the input audio frequency for conversion to a low audio frequency, the larger the frequency conversion rate becomes.

3. A telephone apparatus comprising:

a frequency detector to detect a frequency of audio signal of telephone receiver;

a frequency converter to convert the frequency detected by the frequency detector; and

a control section to control the frequency detector and the frequency converter,

wherein said frequency converter performs frequency conversion of the respective frequencies according to a conversion level established according to the respective detected frequencies.

4. A telephone apparatus comprising:

a frequency detector to detect a frequency of audio signal of telephone receiver;

a frequency converter to convert the frequency detected by the frequency detector; and

a control section to control the frequency detector and the frequency converter; and

a memory section for storing plural pieces of information defining plural combinations of received telephone receiver voice frequencies and their conversion rates,

wherein one combination is selected from information defining plural combinations of conversion levels for each telephone receiver voice frequency, and the frequency converter performs frequency conversion of the detected respective frequencies according to the selected frequency conversion rate combination.

5. A relay station comprising:

a frequency detector for detecting the phone receiver voice frequency at the output of the radio frequency circuit;

a frequency converter to convert the frequency detected by the frequency detector; and

a control section to control the frequency detector and the frequency converter,

wherein the frequency converter performs frequency conversion of the detected frequencies according to a conversion rate established according to the respective frequency.

6. A frequency conversion method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a plurality of frequency signals to a cellular phone;

receiving a response to said frequency signals;

determining the response characteristics of the frequencies to the received response data;

setting frequency conversion characteristics;

sending said frequency conversion characteristics to said cellular phone; and

changing the frequency characteristics during reception in the cellular phone.