Patent ID: 7983309
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining, in a processor, a buffering time for one or more frames received by a frame buffer based on a specific buffering time associated with an onset speech frame and on a time span covered by a number of frames contained in the frame buffer, wherein determining comprises: calculating, in a processor, an output point of time for said onset speech frame as the sum of a point of time at which said onset speech frame is received and said specific buffering time; and checking, in a processor, wherein said checking comprises: checking, if said output point of time has elapsed; checking, in case said output point of time has elapsed, if said time span is smaller than a first value that at least partially depends on said specific buffering time, increasing said output point of time and returning to said checking if said output point of time has elapsed in case said time span is smaller than said first value, and determining that said onset speech frame shall be output at a current point of time in case said time span is not smaller than said second value; and checking, in case said output point of time has not yet elapsed, if said time span is larger than a second value that at least partially depends on said specific buffering time, determining that said onset speech frame shall be output at a current point of time in case said time span is larger than said second value, and returning to said checking if said output point of time has elapsed in case said time span is not larger than said second value.