Apparatus and method for detecting energy of tone signal

• US 20030093447A1
• Filed: 11/05/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Sung-hyun
• Granted Patent: US 7,136,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 708/312
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/10 by using square-law characteristics of circuit elements, e.g. diodes, to measure power absorbed by loads of known impedance G01R21/02 takes precedence

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for detecting the energy of a tone signal. A pre-process unit takes absolute values of transmitted samples and outputs the values to a delay unit for delaying the transmitted samples according to a predetermined delay interval. An operation unit subtracts the value calculated by multiplying the magnitudes of the samples transmitted before and after the time of the burst detection from the square value of the magnitude of the sample at the time of burst detection among the delayed transmitted samples. A detection unit detects the burst by confirming whether peaks corresponding to the number of the samples transmitted before the sample of the burst detection are detected by a signal of an operation value input from the operation unit. Therefore, without increasing device complexity, the probability of a false alarm caused by an impulse error and a number of burst errors is reduced; also stable burst detection can be performed.

Claims

1. An apparatus for detecting an energy of tone signals, comprising:

a delay unit for outputting absolute values of transmitted samples after delaying the absolute values according to a predetermined delay interval;

a first operation unit for calculating a first operation value by squaring an absolute value of a sample of a reference position input from the delay unit;

a second operation unit for calculating a second operation value by multiplying each absolute value of a plurality of samples, transmitted before and after the sample of the reference position, input from the delay unit;

a third operation unit for calculating a third operation value by subtracting the second operation value from the first operation value; and

a detection unit for performing a burst detection according to a detection of peak outputs corresponding to the number of the samples transmitted before the sample of the reference position, based on the third operation value.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second operation unit comprises:

a fourth operation unit for calculating a fourth operation value by multiplying each absolute value of a plurality of samples, transmitted before the sample of the reference position, input from the delay unit;

a fifth operation unit for calculating a fifth operation value by multiplying each absolute value of a plurality of samples, transmitted after the sample of the reference position, input from the delay unit; and

a sixth operation unit for multiplying the fourth operation value by the fifth operation value to produce the second operation value.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the delay interval is unit of one sample.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the delay interval is unit of two samples.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the number of the transmitted samples is an odd number more than five.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the delay interval is unit of one sample.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the delay interval is unit of two samples.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the number of the transmitted samples is an odd number more than five.

9. A method for detecting an energy of tone signals, comprising the steps of:

outputting absolute values of transmitted samples after delaying the absolute values according to a predetermined delay interval;

calculating a first operation value by squaring an absolute value of a sample of a reference position among the transmitted samples;

calculating a second operation value by multiplying the absolute values of the plurality of samples transmitted before and after the sample of the reference position;

calculating a third operation value by subtracting the second operation value from the first operation value; and

performing a burst detection according to detection of peak outputs corresponding to the number of the samples transmitted before the sample of the reference position after being input the third operation value.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the delay interval is a unit of one sample.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the delay interval is a unit of two samples.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the number of the transmitted samples is an odd number more than five.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the sample of the reference position is a sample placed in a center among the transmitted samples.

14. An apparatus for detecting an energy of tone signals, comprising:

a delay unit for outputting absolute values of transmitted samples after delaying the absolute values according to a predetermined delay interval;

a first operation unit for calculating a first operation value by squaring an absolute value of a sample of a reference position input from the delay unit;

a second operation unit for calculating a second operation value by multiplying each absolute value of samples, transmitted before the sample of the reference position, input from the delay unit;

a third operation unit for calculating a third operation value by multiplying each absolute value of samples, transmitted after the sample of the reference position, input from the delay unit;

a fourth operation unit for calculating a fourth operation value by multiplying the first operation value and the third operation value;

a fifth operation unit for calculating a fifth operation value by multiplying the second operation value and the third operation value;

a sixth operation unit for outputting a sixth operation value by subtracting the fifth operation value from the fourth operation value; and

a detection unit for performing a burst detection according to a detection peak outputs corresponding to a number of the samples transmitted before the sample of the reference position, based on the sixth operation value.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the delay interval is a unit of one sample.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the delay interval is a unit of two samples.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the number of the transmitted samples is an odd number more than five.

18. A method for detecting an energy of a tone signal, comprising the steps of:

outputting absolute values of transmitted samples after delaying the absolute values according to a predetermined delay interval;

calculating a first operation value by squaring an absolute value of a sample of a reference position among the transmitted samples;

calculating a second operation value by multiplying the absolute values of the plurality of samples transmitted after the sample of the reference position;

calculating a third operation value by multiplying magnitudes of the plurality of samples transmitted after the sample of the reference position;

calculating a fourth operation value by multiplying the first operation value and the third operation value;

calculating a fifth operation value by multiplying the second operation value and the third operation value;

calculating a sixth operation value by subtracting the fifth operation value from the forth operation value; and

performing a burst detection according to a detection result of a peak output corresponding to a number of the samples transmitted before the sample of the reference position after being input the sixth operation value.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the delay interval is a unit of one sample.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the delay interval is a unit of two samples.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the number of the transmitted samples is an odd number more than five.