Apparatus and Method for Power Efficient Signal Conditioning for a Voice Recognition System
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- monitoring an audio signal energy level with a plurality of signal processing components deactivated; and
activating at least one signal processing component of the plurality of signal processing components in response to a detected change in the audio signal energy level.
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Abstract
A disclosed method includes monitoring an audio signal energy level while having a plurality of signal processing components deactivated and activating at least one signal processing component in response to a detected change in the audio signal energy level. The method may include activating and running a voice activity detector on the audio signal in response to the detected change where the voice activity detector is the at least one signal processing component. The method may further include activating and running the noise suppressor only if a noise estimator determines that noise suppression is required. The method may activate and runs a noise type classifier to determine the noise type based on information received from the noise estimator and may select a noise suppressor algorithm, from a group of available noise suppressor algorithms, where the selected noise suppressor algorithm is the most power consumption efficient.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring an audio signal energy level with a plurality of signal processing components deactivated; and activating at least one signal processing component of the plurality of signal processing components in response to a detected change in the audio signal energy level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a noise suppressor; a voice activity detector; and an energy estimator, operatively coupled to the voice activity detector, the energy estimator operative to monitor an audio signal energy level with at least the noise suppressor and the voice activity detector deactivated and to activate at least the voice activity detector in response to a detected change in the audio signal energy level. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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