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US 7,609,841 B2Granted
Frequency shifter for use in adaptive feedback cancellers for hearing aids
AssigneeHouse Ear Institute
InventorsDaniel J. Freed, Sigfrid D. Soli
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Abstract
A decorrelation method for improving feedback cancellation utilizes a small frequency shifting ratio, on the order of 0.3 percent. Frequency shifting is applied only to the high frequency portion of the signal, which is shifted alternately upward and downward.
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A decorrelation method for improving feedback cancellation comprising:
- sampling an input signal;
- separating the input signal into a low frequency component and a high frequency component;
- shifting the high frequency component by an amount corresponding to a frequency shift of less than six percent, wherein the high frequency component is shifted alternately upward and downward in frequency;
- computing an output signal corresponding to the sampled input signal as the sum of the low frequency component and shifted high frequency component.
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A decorrelation method for improving feedback cancellation comprising:
- sampling an input signal;
- shifting at least one component of a predetermined number of samples of the input signal by an amount corresponding to a frequency shift in a first direction of less than six percent;
- shifting said at least one component of a next predetermined number of samples of the input signal by an amount corresponding to a frequency shift in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, of less than six percent;
- continuing to alternately shift said predetermined numbers of samples of the input signal;
- computing an output signal corresponding to the sampled input signal as the sum of the at least one shifted component and unshifted components, if any.
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