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Patent US7885420 - Wind noise suppression system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe invention includes a method, apparatus, and computer program to selectively suppress wind noise while preserving narrow-band signals in acoustic data. Sound from one or several microphones is digitized into binary data. A time-frequency transform is applied to the data to produce a series of spectra....http://www.google.com/patents/US7885420?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7885420 - Wind noise suppression systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7885420 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/410,736Publication dateFeb 8, 2011Filing dateApr 10, 2003Priority dateFeb 21, 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2458427A1, CN1530928A, CN100394475C, DE602004001241D1, DE602004001241T2, EP1450354A1, EP1450354B1, US9373340, US20040165736, US20110123044Publication number10410736, 410736, US 7885420 B2, US 7885420B2, US-B2-7885420, US7885420 B2, US7885420B2InventorsPhil Hetherington, Xueman Li, Pierre ZakarauskasOriginal AssigneeQnx Software Systems Co.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (137), Non-Patent Citations (41), Referenced by (19), Classifications (11), Legal Events (10) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetWind noise suppression system
US 7885420 B2Abstract
s ( n ) = ∑ k = 1 K A k cos ( 2 π nkf 0 + ψ k ) ( 2 ) in which the sine-wave frequencies are multiples of the fundamental frequency f0 and Ak(n) is the time-varying amplitude for each component.
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