Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – One-way audio signal program distribution – Public address system
Patent
1989-06-26
1990-11-06
Harkcom, Gary V.
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
One-way audio signal program distribution
Public address system
381 40, 381 41, 381 31, G10L 302
Patent
active
049691937
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for generating a signal transformation useful in signal processing. According to the preferred embodiment, a signal, e.g., a speech waveform, is first converted into a sequence of digital data samples, and a reference position along a first sub-part of the sequence is then selected. A "weighted" histogram corresponding to the reference position is then generated according to a correlation function. Thereafter, a new reference position is selected, for example, at a sub-part of the sequence located a pitch period of the signal from the original reference position, and an additional histogram is generated for this sub-part. The plurality of histograms comprise the transformation of the signal, which retains a substantial part of the informational content of the original signal. Therefore, the transformation is then used as the signal itself in signal processing applications such as speech compression and synthesis.
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Goodman R. Gary
Newell J. Mark
Scott Brian L.
Smith Lloyd A.
Harkcom Gary V.
Knepper David D.
Meier Harold E.
Scott Instruments Corporation
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