Patent ID: 7711557

Claim:
An audio signal noise reduction device, comprising: input means for making an input of one or more audio signals; timing generation means for generating a gap period in accordance with a generation period of noise coming from a noise generation source included in the audio signal; noise removal means for removing the noise from the audio signal; level envelope detection means for continuously detecting a level envelope of the audio signal; coefficient generation means for generating a coefficient for the level envelope in the gap period in accordance with a signal level provided by the level envelope detection means; interpolation signal generation means; level modulation means for subjecting a signal from the interpolation signal generation means to level modulation using the coefficient generated by the coefficient generation means; mixing means for mixing an output from the noise removal means and an output from the level modulation means; and selection means for outputting a signal from the mixing means in a period corresponding to the gap period, and not in the gap period, outputting the audio signal.