Voice enhancement system and method
First Claim
1. A method for providing voice enhancement in a telecommunications network comprising the steps of:
- determining an average power of an input voice-band signal;
generating a control signal in response to the average power of the input voice-band signal;
determining an automatic gain 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 in response to the control signal;
scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor in response to the control signal; and
applying the automatic gain factor to the scaled voice-band signal in response to the control signal.
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Abstract
A system (130) for providing enhancement to a voice-band signal in a telecommunications network (138) is provided. The present system (130) includes a power averager (18) for determining the average power of the voice-band signal. The present system (130) also includes an equalizer (132) for attenuating a predetermined portion of the voice-band signal and an output scaler (134) for scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor. The system (130) of the present invention also includes an automatic gain enhancer (136) for applying an automatic gain factor to the scaled voice-band signal and wherein the automatic gain factor is dependent upon the average power of the input voice-band signal.
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22 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 an average power of an input voice-band signal; generating a control signal in response to the average power of the input voice-band signal; determining an automatic gain 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 in response to the control signal; scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor in response to the control signal; and applying the automatic gain factor to the scaled voice-band signal in response to the control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing enhancement to a voice-band signal in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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determining an average power of an input voice-band signal; determining an automatic gain factor in response to the average power of the input voice-band signal; generating a control signal 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 in response to the control signal; scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor in response to the control signal; and applying the automatic gain factor to the scaled voice-band signal in response to the control signal by; providing gain to voice-band signals having an average power above a predetermined minimum average power level but below a first predetermined power level, providing no change to voice-band signals having an average power above the first predetermined power level and below a second predetermined power level, and wherein the second predetermined power level is greater than the first predetermined power level, and attenuating voice-band signals having an average power level above the second predetermined power level. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing enhancement to a voice-band signal in a telecommunications network comprising:
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a power averager for determining an average power of the voice-band signal, the power averager generating a control signal in response to the average power of the voice-band signal; an equalizer for attenuating a predetermined portion of the voice-band signal in response to the control signal; an output scaler for scaling the equalized voice-band signal with a scaling factor in response to the control signal; and an automatic gain enhancer for applying an automatic gain factor to the scaled voice-band signal in response to the control signal, and wherein the automatic gain factor is dependent upon the average power of the voice-band signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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