EP4134954C0 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur audiosignalverbesserung - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung zur audiosignalverbesserung

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Publication number: EP4134954C0
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: improving; audio signal; audio; signal
Prior art date: 2021-08-09
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP21190351.3A

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English (en)

French (fr)

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EP4134954B1 (de

EP4134954A1 (de

Inventor

Markus Vieweg

Dr Bernd Dominik Schäfer

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Optimic GmbH

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Optimic GmbH

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2021-08-09

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2021-08-09

Publication date

2023-08-02

2021-08-09 Application filed by Optimic GmbH filed Critical Optimic GmbH

2021-08-09 Priority to EP21190351.3A priority Critical patent/EP4134954B1/de

2023-02-15 Publication of EP4134954A1 publication Critical patent/EP4134954A1/de

2023-08-02 Application granted granted Critical

2023-08-02 Publication of EP4134954B1 publication Critical patent/EP4134954B1/de

2023-08-02 Publication of EP4134954C0 publication Critical patent/EP4134954C0/de

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2041-08-09 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R27/00—Public address systems
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
- G10L21/02—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
- G10L21/0316—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation by changing the amplitude
- G10L21/0364—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation by changing the amplitude for improving intelligibility
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G10L25/00—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00
- G10L25/78—Detection of presence or absence of voice signals
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2225/43—Signal processing in hearing aids to enhance the speech intelligibility
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2227/00—Details of public address [PA] systems covered by H04R27/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2227/007—Electronic adaptation of audio signals to reverberation of the listening space for PA
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2227/00—Details of public address [PA] systems covered by H04R27/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2227/009—Signal processing in [PA] systems to enhance the speech intelligibility
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2430/00—Signal processing covered by H04R, not provided for in its groups
- H04R2430/01—Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Computational Linguistics (AREA)
Quality & Reliability (AREA)
Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
Multimedia (AREA)
Circuit For Audible Band Transducer (AREA)
Tone Control, Compression And Expansion, Limiting Amplitude (AREA)

EP21190351.3A 2021-08-09 2021-08-09 Verfahren und vorrichtung zur audiosignalverbesserung Active EP4134954B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP21190351.3A EP4134954B1 (de)	2021-08-09	2021-08-09	Verfahren und vorrichtung zur audiosignalverbesserung

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EP21190351.3A EP4134954B1 (de)	2021-08-09	2021-08-09	Verfahren und vorrichtung zur audiosignalverbesserung

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EP4134954A1 EP4134954A1 (de)	2023-02-15
EP4134954B1 EP4134954B1 (de)	2023-08-02
EP4134954C0 true EP4134954C0 (de)	2023-08-02

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