Telephone set in which an echo signal is effectively cancelled in spite of being provided with a plurality of sound producing units

• US 5,699,423 A
• Filed: 03/20/1995
• Issued: 12/16/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshida, Toshio, Sisido, Michitaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): KUMAR, DEVENDRA
• Application Number:
  US08/407,453
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 379/406, 379/410, 379/411, 379/409, 379/420, 379/390, 379/389, 379/388, 379/387, 307/37.1
• US Class Current: 379/406.08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 9/082 using echo cancellers echo cancellers per se H04B3/23

Abstract

In a telephone set having a receiver (42) and a loudspeaker (39), a switch circuit (37) selects supply of a reception speech signal, transmitted from a counterpart section (60), to the receiver or the loudspeaker in response to a selection signal. A first adaptive echo canceller (43a) produces a pseudo echo signal with reference to the reception speech signal. A controller (44) controls operation of the first adaptive echo canceller in response to the selection signal to optimize the pseudo echo signal. A first digital adder (35a) carries out a particular calculation between the pseudo echo signal and a transmission speech signal, relating to the transmission sound supplied to a microphone (46). The adder produces a particular calculation result signal representative of a result of the particular calculation. In accordance with the particular calculation result signal, a transmission is carried out towards the counterpart section.

Claims

1. A telephone set comprising:

first sound producing means, responsive to a reception speech signal, for producing a first reception speech sound;

second sound producing means, responsive to said reception speech signal, for producing a second reception speech sound which is greater than said first reception speech sound in volume level;

selecting means connected to said first and said second sound producing means and responsive to a selection signal for selectively supplying said reception speech signal to one of said first and said second sound producing means;

converting means for converting a transmission speech sound into a transmission speech signal;

particular adjusting means connected to said converting means for producing an adjusted signal for adjusting said transmission speech signal with reference to said reception speech signal;

specific processing means for processing an original reception signal into a processed reception signal;

specific adjusting means, connected to said specific processing means, and to the selected one of said first and said second sound producing means through said selecting means, for adjusting said processed reception signal with reference to said adjusted signal to produce said reception speech signal; and

control means connected to said particular adjusting means and to said specific adjusting means and responsive to said selection signal for controlling operation of said particular adjusting means and said specific adjusting means, wherein said adjusted signal is optimized by said control means for use by said specific adjusting means.

2. A telephone set as claimed in claim 1, further comprising additional control means which is connected to said converting means and is responsive to said selection signal for controlling operation of said converting means.

3. A telephone set as claimed in claim 2, wherein said converting means comprises:

a microphone responsive to said transmission speech sound for producing a local signal; and

a microphone amplifier connected to said microphone, to said particular adjusting means, and to said additional control means for amplifying said local signal into said transmission speech signal under control of said additional control means.

4. A telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said particular adjusting means comprises:

particular signal producing means, responsive to said reception speech signal, for producing a particular signal relating to said reception speech signal; and

particular calculating means, connected to said particular signal producing means and to said converting means, for carrying out a particular calculation between said transmission speech signal and said particular signal to produce a particular calculation result signal.

5. A telephone set as claimed in claim 4, further comprising particular processing means connected to said particular calculation means for processing said particular calculation result signal into a processed transmission signal to be transmitted from said telephone set.

6. A telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said specific adjusting means comprises:

specific signal producing means, connected to said particular adjusting means and responsive to said adjusted signal, for producing a specific signal relating to said adjusted signal; and

specific calculating means, connected to said specific signal producing means, to said specific processing means, and to the selected one of said first and said second sound producing means through said selecting means, for carrying out a specific calculation between said specific and said processed reception signal to produce, as said reception speech signal, a specific calculation result signal representative of a result of said specific calculation.

7. A method of cancelling an echo signal in a telephone set comprising first sound producing means, responsive to a reception speech signal, for producing a first reception speech sound, second sound producing means, responsive to said reception speech signal, for producing a second reception speech sound which is greater than said first reception speech sound in volume level, selecting means, responsive to a selection signal, for selectively supplying said reception speech signal to one of said first and said second sound producing means, converting means for converting a transmission speech sound into a transmission speech signal, particular adjusting means connected to said converting means for producing an adjusted signal for adjusting said transmission speech signal with reference to said reception speech signal, specific processing means for processing an original reception signal into a processed reception signal;

and specific adjusting means, connected to said processing means, to said particular adjusting means, and to the selected one of said first and said second sound producing means through said selecting means, for adjusting said processed reception signal with reference to said adjusted signal to produce said reception speech signal, said method comprising the steps of;

inputting said original reception signal to said telephone set;

selecting a mode of operation of said telephone set by setting said selection signal;

controlling operation of said particular adjusting means in response to said selection signal to produce said adjusted signal regardless of whether the first or second producing means is selected by said selecting means; and

producing said reception speech signal for input to the selected one of said first and second sound producing means, in accordance with said adjusted signal.

8. A telephone set comprising:

first sound producing means, responsive to a reception speech signal, for producing a first reception speech sound;

second sound producing means, responsive to said reception speech signal, for producing a second reception speech sound which is greater than said first reception speech sound in volume level;

selecting means connected to said first and said second sound producing means and responsive to a selection signal for selectively supplying said reception speech signal to one of said first and said second sound producing means;

converting means for converting a transmission speech sound into a transmission speech signal, said transmission speech sound including a portion of at least one of said first and second reception speech sounds;

particular adjusting means connected to said converting means for producing an adjusted signal for adjusting said transmission speech signal with reference to said reception speech signal;

control means connected to said particular adjusting means and responsive to said selection signal for controlling operation of said particular adjusting means to produce the adjusted signal, regardless of whether the first or second sound producing means is selected by said selecting means.

9. A telephone set according to claim 8, further comprising:

specific processing means for processing an original reception signal into a processed reception signal; and

specific adjusting means, connected to said processing means, to said particular adjusting means, and to the selected one of said first and said second sound producing means through said selecting means, for adjusting said processed reception signal with reference to said adjusted signal to produce said reception speech signal.

10. A telephone set as claimed in claim 8, further comprising additional control means which is connected to said converting means and is responsive to said selection signal for controlling operation of said converting means.

11. A telephone set as claimed in claim 10, wherein said converting means comprises:

a microphone responsive to said transmission speech sound for producing a local signal; and

a microphone amplifier connected to said microphone, to said signal adjusting means, and to said additional control means for amplifying said local signal into said transmission speech signal under control of said additional control means.