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US 2007/0190982 A1Published application
Voice amplification apparatus
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorLaurent Le Faucheur
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Abstract
A communication apparatus comprising an audio input device adapted to capture a first audio sample, where the first audio sample comprises a noise component. The apparatus further comprises signal processing logic coupled to the audio input device. If the intensity of the noise component is equal to or greater than the intensity of a voice component of a second audio sample received from a different communication apparatus, the signal processing logic amplifies the voice component.
Claims20
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- an audio input device adapted to capture a first audio sample, said first audio sample comprising a noise component;
- and
- signal processing logic coupled to said audio input device;
- wherein, if the intensity of the noise component is equal to or greater than the intensity of a voice component of a second audio sample received from a different communication apparatus, the signal processing logic amplifies the voice component.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor adapted to receive a first audio sample comprising a noise component and a second audio sample comprising a voice component;
- and
- an amplifier coupled to the processor;
- wherein the processor determines the difference in intensity between the noise and voice components;
- wherein, if said difference is within a predetermined range, the amplifier amplifies said voice component.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first audio sample comprising a voice component and a second audio sample comprising a noise component;
- determining the difference in intensity between the voice and noise components;
- and
- if said difference is below a predetermined threshold, amplifying the voice component until said difference meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold;
- wherein the first and second audio samples are received from different communication devices.
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