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Audio signal processing for speech communication

  • US 6,820,054 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2001
  • Issued: 11/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a first device, receiving from a remote device a signal that comprises human-interpretable audio information;

    detecting sound at the first device, analyzing the detected sound to determine if an intermittent component having a periodicity of greater than 0.1 seconds is present; and

    if the intermittent component is present, altering the signal so that the audio information is more easily human-interpretable when the signal is converted to sound.

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