Filtering audio signals from a combined microphone/speaker earpiece
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1. A process for processing audio signals, comprising the steps of:
- (a) generating audio signals corresponding to sounds emanating from a local user using a microphone that is part of a combined microphone/speaker earpiece;
(b) filtering the audio signals using a local audio processing system including a digital filter which is implemented as a stackable driver on a computer processor to reduce distortions in the audio signals, wherein the filter is implemented using a cascade of a second-order high-pass Chebyshev Type I Infinite Impulse Response filter and a sixth-order Infinite Impulse Response filter designed using Steiglitz approximation; and
(c) transmitting the filtered audio signals from the local audio processing system to a remote audio processing system for playback to a remote user.
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Abstract
An audio processing system applies a filter to convert the audio signals generated by the microphone of a combined microphone/speaker earpiece into filtered audio signals, where the filter is designed to correct for distortions in the audio signals that result from the microphone being part of the combined earpiece.
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1. A process for processing audio signals, comprising the steps of:
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(a) generating audio signals corresponding to sounds emanating from a local user using a microphone that is part of a combined microphone/speaker earpiece; (b) filtering the audio signals using a local audio processing system including a digital filter which is implemented as a stackable driver on a computer processor to reduce distortions in the audio signals, wherein the filter is implemented using a cascade of a second-order high-pass Chebyshev Type I Infinite Impulse Response filter and a sixth-order Infinite Impulse Response filter designed using Steiglitz approximation; and (c) transmitting the filtered audio signals from the local audio processing system to a remote audio processing system for playback to a remote user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for processing audio signals, comprising:
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(a) an earpiece comprising a microphone; and (b) a local audio processing system, wherein; the microphone is adapted to generate audio signals corresponding to sounds emanating from a local user; the local audio processing system is adapted to apply a digital filter implemented as a stackable driver on a computer processor to the audio signals to reduce distortions in the audio signals, wherein the filter is implemented using a cascade of a second-order high-pass Chebyshev Type I Infinite Impulse Response filter and a sixth-order Infinite Impulse Response filter designed using Steiglitz approximation; and the local audio processing system is adapted to transmit the filtered audio signals from the local audio processing system to a remote audio processing system for playback to a remote user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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16. The system of clain 13, wherein the filter is designed to correct for distortions due to reverberation signals that reflect off the cheek of a user of the earpiece.
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25. A process for processing audio signals, comprising the steps of:
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(a) generating, with a microphone of an earpiece comprising the microphone, audio signals corresponding to sounds emanating from a local user having a head having a mouth, an ear, and a cheek between the mouth and ear; (b) filtering, with a digital filter of a local audio processing system, the audio signals to reduce distortions in the audio signals due to the microphone being separated from the local user'"'"'s mouth and in physical contact with the head when the earpiece is mounted at the local user'"'"'s ear, wherein the distortions are caused by one of reverberation signals that reflect off the cheek of the local user and sounds from the local user'"'"'s mouth that become out of phase at the microphone, wherein the digital filter is implemented as a stackable driver on a computer processor; and (c) transmitting, with the local audio processing system, the filtered audio signals to a remote audio processing system for playback to a remote user.
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26. A system for processing audio signals, comprising:
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(a) an earpiece comprising a microphone for generating audio signals corresponding to sounds emanating from a local user having a head having a mouth, an ear, and a cheek between the mouth and ear; and (b) a local audio processing system comprising a digital filter implemented as a stackable driver on a computer processor, wherein the local audio processing system is for filtering the audio signals with the digital filter to reduce distortions in the audio signals due to the microphone being separated from the local user'"'"'s mouth and in physical contact with the head when the earpiece is mounted at the local user'"'"'s ear, wherein the distortions are caused by one of reverberation signals that reflect off the cheek of the local user and sounds from the local user'"'"'s mouth that become out of phase at the microphone, and the local audio processing system is for transmitting the filtered audio signals to a remote audio processing system for playback to a remote user.
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