IP Library Granted Patent US 9,299,362
Granted Patent B2
US 9,299,362 · App. 13/257,004 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Audio signal processing device

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Patent No.
US 9,299,362
App. No.
13/257,004
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio signal processing device 100 includes a period detecting unit 102 for detecting the fundamental period of an input audio signal 101 ; a square wave generating unit 106 for generating, according to the fundamental period the period detecting unit 102 detects, a square wave 107 whose period is an integer multiple of the fundamental period; an amplitude correction coefficient generating unit 103 for calculating an amplitude correction coefficient 109 approximately equal and proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal 101 ; a first multiplier 108 for generating an amplitude-corrected square wave 110 by multiplying the square wave 107 by the amplitude correction coefficient 109 ; and an adder 104 for adding the amplitude-corrected square wave 110 to the input audio signal 101.

Claims (23)

1. An audio signal processing device comprising:

a period detector that detects a fundamental period of an input audio signal;

a signal generator that receives the detected fundamental period from the period detector and generates a wave signal whose sign is inverted at every N periods of the input audio signal, where the N denotes an integer multiple of the fundamental period detected by the period detector;

an amplitude corrector that corrects intensity of the signal generated by the signal generator in a manner that the intensity is proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal; and

an adder that adds the signal corrected by the amplitude corrector to the input audio signal.

2. The audio signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the wave signal generated by the signal generator is a square wave signal.

3. The audio signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the amplitude corrector comprises:

an amplitude correction coefficient generator that calculates an amplitude correction coefficient approximately equal and proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal; and

a first multiplier that multiplies the signal generated by the signal generator by the amplitude correction coefficient calculated by the amplitude correction coefficient generator.

4. The audio signal processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the amplitude correction coefficient generator sets a value proportional to an estimation value of an effective value of the input audio signal as the amplitude correction coefficient.

5. The audio signal processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the amplitude correction coefficient generator sets a value proportional to an instantaneous amplitude value of the input audio signal as the amplitude correction coefficient.

6. The audio signal processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a window function output unit that outputs, according to the fundamental period detected by the period detector, a value of a window function initialized at every N periods of the input audio signal, where the N denotes integer; and

a second multiplier that multiplies the signal generated by the signal generator by the value output by the window function output unit.

7. The audio signal processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the window function output unit outputs a finite value throughout a prescribed time section from a time of initialization, and outputs zero after the prescribed time section.

8. The audio signal processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the window function output unit outputs an initial value at a time of initialization, and outputs a value that monotonically decreases after the time of the initialization.

9. The audio signal processing device according to claim 2 , wherein a period of the square wave signal is twice the detected fundamental period, and the sign of the square wave signal is inverted at every period of the input audio signal.

10. An audio signal processing device comprising:

a period detector that detects a fundamental period of an input audio signal;

a signal generator that generates a wave signal whose sign is inverted at every N periods of the input audio signal, where the N denotes an integer multiple of the fundamental period detected by the period detector;

an amplitude corrector that corrects intensity of the signal generated by the signal generator in a manner that the intensity is proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal; and

an adder that adds the signal corrected by the amplitude corrector to the input audio signal.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2011
From: KIMURA, MASARU; MATSUOKA, BUNKEI; YAMAZAKI, TAKASHI; OMOTE, ASAKO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026918/0474 →