Voice enhancement system and method
First Claim
1. A method for providing voice enhancement in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
- determining the average power of an input voice-band signal;
determining a scaling factor in response to the average power of the input voice-band signal;
equalizing the input voice-band signal by attenuating a predetermined portion of the input voice-band signal;
scaling the equalized input voice-band signal with the scaling factor;
measuring the power of the input voice-band signal above and below a predetermined frequency;
comparing the power measurements to power measurements expected for a previously scaled signal; and
coupling the scaled voice-band signal to an output or decoupling the scaled voice-band signal from the output in response to the comparing step.
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Abstract
A telecommunications network (120) is provided with adaptive gain control (AGC) of the voice signals in network (120). Network (120) includes an input (12) for receiving a voice signal, an output (14) for receiving the voice signal, and a coupling between input (12) and output (14) including at least one switch (124) or (126). Network (120) also includes voice enhancer (10) including power averager (18) for measuring and determining the average power of an input signal. Voice enhancer (10) also includes bass band equalizer (16) to attenuate a predetermined portion of the input signal to provide an equalized input signal. From the average power of the input signal is determined a scaling factor from a gain/attenuation look-up table (28). Voice enhancer (10) also includes output scaler (30) coupled to output (14), output scaler (30) scales the equalized input signal with the scaling factor and provides the scaled signal to output (14). Voice enhancer (10) also includes bass to treble power comparator (20) for detecting tandem enhancement and voice-band data detector (22) which cause enhancer (10) to be disabled appropriately.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for providing voice enhancement in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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determining the average power of an input voice-band signal; determining a scaling factor in response to the average power of the input voice-band signal; equalizing the input voice-band signal by attenuating a predetermined portion of the input voice-band signal; scaling the equalized input voice-band signal with the scaling factor; measuring the power of the input voice-band signal above and below a predetermined frequency; comparing the power measurements to power measurements expected for a previously scaled signal; and coupling the scaled voice-band signal to an output or decoupling the scaled voice-band signal from the output in response to the comparing step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing voice enhancement in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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determining the average power of an input voice-band signal; determining a scaling factor in response to the average power of the input voice-band signal; equalizing the input voice-band signal by attenuating a predetermined portion of the input voice-band signal; scaling the equalized input voice-band signal with the scaling factor; measuring the power of the input voice-band signal above and below a predetermined frequency; comparing the power measurements to power measurements expected for a previously scaled signal; coupling the scaled voice-band signal to an output or decoupling the scaled voice-band signal from the output in response to said comparing step; and detecting voice-band data in the input signal and decoupling the scaled voice-band signal from the output. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for providing enhancement to a voice-band signal in a telecommunications network, comprising:
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a power averager for determining the average power of the voice-band signal; an equalizer for attenuating a predetermined portion of the voice-band signal; an output scaler for scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor in response to the determined average power; a tandem voice enhancement detector for detecting when the voice-band signal has been previously scaled, wherein the tandem voice enhancement detector measures the power in the voice-band signal above and below a predetermined frequency, compares the power measurements to power measurements expected for a previously scaled signal, and prevents the equalizer and the output scaler from equailizing and scaling the voice-band signal in response to the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for providing enhancement to a voice-band signal in a telecommunications network, comprising:
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an input for accepting the voice-band signal; an output for receiving a signal; and a coupling between said input and output including a voice enhancer, said voice enhancer comprising; a power averager for determining the average power of the voice-band signal; an equalizer for attenuating a predetermined portion of the voice-band signal; an output scaler coupled to said output for scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor in response to the determined average power and providing the scaled signal to said output; and a tandem voice enhancement detector for detecting when the voice-band signal has been previously scaled, wherein the tandem voice enhancement detector measures the power in the voice-band signal above and below a predetermined frequency, compares the power measurements to power measurements expected for a previously scaled signal, and decouples said output scaler from said output in response to said comparing step. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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