Echo canceller
CA 2048634 A1 · Owner: Thrane, Morten · Inventors: Petersen, Kim T.; Thrane, Morten
Overview
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This invention relates to an echo canceller such as for use in a full duplex hands free radio. The echo canceller is particularly suitable for use in a vehicle fitted with a microphone and a loudspeaker, for cancelling echos reach the radio microphone (16) from the radio loudspeaker (13). The signal paths are divided into sub-band channels (Y1-YM). Each of the channels has an adaptive filter (24, 29, 30), a time delay coefficient of which is dynamically adjustable. Means are provided for cancelling echos by compensating the signal on each channel as a function of the signal from the filter, and means (S1, Si, SM) are provided for initiating and suspending the adjustment of the …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 21, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 21, 2010.
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