Signal detector employing mean energy and variance of energy content comparison for noise detection
First Claim
1. A signal detector for discriminating between signals manifesting noise and signals manifesting information appearing at an input, said signal detector comprising:
- means for sampling said signals at said input;
filter means for determining for each signal sample, energy content of each of a plurality of frequency cells in said signal sample; and
processor means for determining the mean energy content and variance of the energy content, as determined by said filter means, across all frequency cells in a signal sample, said processor means also deriving a comparison signal by comparing said mean energy content and variance of energy content in a signal sample, a comparison signal indicating an approximate equality and manifesting said sample as probable noise.
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Abstract
A signal detector discriminates between signals manifesting noise and signals manifesting information, both of which appear at an input. A analog-to-digital converter circuit samples the signals and a Fourier filter determines, for each signal sample, energy content of each of a plurality of frequency cells in the sample. A processor then determines the mean energy content and the average variance of energy content in all frequency cells in the signal sample. The mean energy content and average variance of energy content of the signal sample are then compared, and if the comparison indicates an approximate equality, the sample is declared to be noise. The processor further determines a centroid center frequency for the frequency cells in the sample which indicates, if it is on-center, that the sample is likely to be noise. The processor further determines the bandwidth of the Fourier components of the input signal, to determine if it is indicative of noise. The skew of the sample'"'"'s Fourier components is also determined and if it is nearly zero (indicating the signal is symmetrical in frequency about the center frequency), a noise signal is indicated. The combined indications are then normalized and subjected to a threshold which indicates whether a signal or noise is present.
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1. A signal detector for discriminating between signals manifesting noise and signals manifesting information appearing at an input, said signal detector comprising:
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means for sampling said signals at said input; filter means for determining for each signal sample, energy content of each of a plurality of frequency cells in said signal sample; and processor means for determining the mean energy content and variance of the energy content, as determined by said filter means, across all frequency cells in a signal sample, said processor means also deriving a comparison signal by comparing said mean energy content and variance of energy content in a signal sample, a comparison signal indicating an approximate equality and manifesting said sample as probable noise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A signal detector for discriminating between signals manifesting noise and signals manifesting information appearing at an input, said signal detector comprising:
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means for sampling said signals at said input; filter means for determining for each signal sample, an energy content of each of a plurality of frequency cells in said signal sample; and processor means for determining a centroid center frequency across all frequency cells in a signal sample, said centroid center frequency being a frequency wherein approximately equal cumulative energy amounts reside in frequency cells in said signal sample on upper and lower frequency sides of said centroid center frequency, said processor means further determining if said centroid center frequency is substantially the same as the center frequency of all said frequency cells in said signal sample, and if so, manifesting a signal indicating a presence of probable noise. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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