Method for wind noise reduction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8433564
APP PUB NO 20110004470A1
SERIAL NO

12795188

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A noisy signal is picked up by a microphone, digitized by an Analog to Digital Converter and fed to a processor for analysis and wind noise reduction. Most of noise reduction methods are based on the assumption that the interfering noise is stationary or slowly varying compared with speech. This assumption allows “learning” the characteristics of the noise between speech pauses and, based on a noise estimate, to build different filters that reduce the noise. In the case of wind noise this basic assumption is not valid. Wind noise is highly non-stationary, its power and spectral characteristics vary greatly. Because wind noise is not stationary, regular noise reduction methods cannot be used to reduce wind noise. For reducing wind noise effects in a device, the presence of wind should be detected reliably and then a novel approach presented here must be applied to eliminate the wind noise.

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NOISE FREE WIRELESS INCPO BOX 70396 SUNNYVALE CA 94086

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berstein, Alberto D Cupertino, US 16 413
Fitzgerald, Kevin Pleasanton, US 209 2389
Konchitsky, Alon Santa Clara, US 69 982
Kulakcherla, Sandeep Santa Clara, US 15 361
Ribble, William Martin San Jose, US 10 345
Seferovich, Don Nevada City, US 4 119

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