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Though Orie's Booth track record to date consists of just five features, those few joints have painted a surprisingly full portrait of the St. Louis rapper-producer's personality and mindstate: a young student torn between the demands of college and a desire to prove himself in the music game, the rap hopeful relies on his Twenty-20 artistic vision to guide him as in surmounting the many obstacles in his path. The third and final entry in a series of Booth-exclusive world premieres off his latest project, the title track is a fittingly climactic summation of the themes running through previous leaks. Amping up the tension with piano arpeggios, ominous strings and choral vocals, the artist looks back on the circumstances that he's risen above to come this far – his low-income background, the soft racism of low expectations… – and braces himself for a final leap of faith. Topped off with C. Rich's emotionally-fraught bridge vocals, this joint packs enough drama to leave even the most cynical listeners teetering on the edges of their respective seats. If that sounds like you, try your best to stay balanced till the 25th, when Orie's Booth-sponsored street album hits our mixtape page for free streaming and download.
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Authorities seeking serial robber
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office and other area law-enforcement agencies are asking for the public's help in finding the person believed to be responsible for several Sunday morning robberies in Hinesville, Claxton, Bryan County and Flemington.
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Battle of Badges blood drive heats up
Dozens of area residents presented to donate at Friday's Battle of the Badges blood drive, according to Laura Troutman, Liberty County human-resources specialist and health-promotion leader.
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I am fascinated by how other countries approach recycling. I recently visited a website called Recycle More from Ireland. Their approach, like so many European countries, is detailed. They expect their citizens to make the effort to recycle as many items as possible. And they certainly don't limit their recycling to plastic bottles and aluminum cans. There is no one-stop drop-off for many items. If you are Irish, you take electronics back to electronic shops, batteries to shops that sell them, etc.
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Local man earns doctorate
Linnie L. Darden Sr. recently has been awarded his doctoral degree in professional counseling.
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Wild turkey hunt led to tragedy
Turkey platters abound on the top shelf in my kitchen. There are all kinds: tin, white glass, clear glass, colored china and thick plastic. Some may be alike, but most have different scenes with a large, colorful turkey in the center. I think I have at least 30. I just cannot help myself when I see a pretty one that is cheap and colorful.
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A little can go a long way
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Birth: Bentley Alexander Watkins
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High-school student voted best at tech class
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Let children choose own interests
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Hineshouse partners on back-to-school party
The Hineshouse Project Resident Services Department partnered with AmeriGroup to host the 2014-15 Back-to-School Bash on Aug. 1, along with several vendors from the Liberty County area. Food, drinks and schools supplies were distributed to over 250 community residents.
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Garden to be dedicated at Liberty County Activity Center
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Veterans deserve better care
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Whistleblowers, often revered and feared by the Obama administration, have received a special place since the 2011 initiation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global transparency campaign. Their prominence is justified. The OGP will become a magnet for cynicism unless there is safe cover for those who will make it work or fail - whistleblowers on the front lines of fraud, waste and abuse currently sustained through secrecy and enforced by repression.
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Prayer is heartbeat of worship, holds power
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Red Hat Liberty Bells celebrate holiday
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Long County Night Out growing
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Hinesville PD blotter for Aug. 11
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Rotary, MEDDAC entertain seniors
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Seems like Tony and Jess only just showed up in Hawaii, but they were already seen at the Honolulu airport yesterday and arriving at LAX last night. Guess they were too busy with their romantic getaway (and football) to do any of those water sports celebs usually love so much. Luckily Tony has some down time now that football season is over, so maybe he and Jess will be able to take plenty more tropical vacations in the next few months — when Jess isn't working on her new album, that is.
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italianblonde 6 years
Call it a crime, but I cannot wait to hear her new country music!!
GeminiDolly 6 years
I love Tony and if Jessica is the one to make him happy, then so be it. I have never had anything against her and still do not.
Nyrina-Windu 6 years
I'm not a fan of either of them. But they do deserve to be happy, together or apart.
demeter 6 years
They're starting to grow on me. They could be extremely cute together once I get used to him.
SpicyMe 6 years
I don't like anyone who gets a kick out of how uneducated they are. Her and her creepy family need to go away!
x_juicyfruit 6 years
I like him. Her? Not so much.
x_juicyfruit 6 years
I like him. Her? Not so much.
lizzylu49 6 years
I wish she would have her pants hemmed, per usual.
romes 6 years
She's wearing oversized clothing again. It seems like she gained weight. Plus the sunglasses hide all the eye work. I doubt her album will sell, she hasn't been making very good choices. The last one was awful. The cock-a-doodle-doo song! I think Tony will be gone soon.
Lovely_1 6 years
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Woop 6 years
It's too bad. Even if they are so happy and so in love (blech), you know as soon as Tony has outlived his usefulness as publicity for Jessica, Papa Joe will sabotage this relationship. Best thing you can do for your life Jess? Drop your pops.
juliegal 6 years
i think they're cute together...they're a helluva lot cuter and actually have a pulse unlike nick and vanessa.....snore.......
juliegal 6 years
i think they're cute together... they're a helluva lot cuter and actually have a pulse unlike nick and vanessa.....snore.......
LolaDub 6 years
well good for them.
LolaDub 6 years
well good for them.
loveallstar 6 years
Jessica Simpson wasn't even at the grammy's how is her album going to do well, Im sure she wants it to but what will she pull out of her hat( so to speak), I don't dislike the girl but I've never been a fan( I was never into that bubblegum pop from the early '00's) and Im not a fan of this couple, they don't do anything, I guess they are getting their pap on, Im not sure they will last forever, but it's hollywood, not many do. ( the fact that dad sorta set them up is a little creepy, b/c we all know about her dad)but maybe they'll take the relationship far. who could know, can you imagine what kind of weird stuff her dad says on a regular basis.
lovekailua 6 years
not usually a fan of tony but - they look adorable!!!!!!!
vinnie 6 years
i like her sweater.
vinnie 6 years
i like her sweater.
LaurenG22 6 years
I wish she would go back to hawaii and stay there. The only thing could about Jessica is her rack. hahaha wow, I sound like Pimp Daddy Simpson.
totygoliguez 6 years
I'm starting to get annoyed by her, I used to like her at first but now is like go away and the same thing goes to her sister.
totygoliguez 6 years
I'm starting to get annoyed by her, I used to like her at first but now is like go away and the same thing goes to her sister.
pinkprincess1101 6 years
love them, they are so hott especially together
Asche 6 years
She is such an over-exposed celebrity. What has she accomplished??
Jazz-It-Up 6 years
Oh boy, I hate to say it but...THEY ARE GROWING ON ME!
JennaV 6 years
It looks cheap and tacky wherever it is from.
desertbanshee 6 years
I like the cowboy hat. Anyway, I doubt anything she owns is dollar store.
ilanac13 6 years
she's soo annoying - go away jess! so who do you think pays for all these vacations? i always wonder about that - since jess has a lot of money but her star is waning i think - so does he pay?
Shopaholichunny 6 years
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JennaV 6 years
Lose the Dollar Store cheap cowboy hat :oy:
marybethrizalucy 6 years
She wears the tackiest crap.
marybethrizalucy 6 years
She wears the tackiest crap.
roor 6 years
I'm just waiting for the breakup - this guy reminds me of Nick so much esp when he and Jess started out.I can just see her (and her dad) getting bored of this relationship - wanting to be with someone more famous. :oy:
roor 6 years
I'm just waiting for the breakup - this guy reminds me of Nick so much esp when he and Jess started out.I can just see her (and her dad) getting bored of this relationship - wanting to be with someone more famous. :oy:
wicca_08 6 years
Cute couple.
wicca_08 6 years
Cute couple.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he is concerned over recent events involving the Ukrainian media and ordered Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka and Head of the State Tax Service Oleksandr Klymenko to check whether the opening of criminal cases against the LB.ua online newspaper and the TVi television channel was legal.
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Ukraine TV station protests state pressure ahead of election
December First initiative group concerned about pressure on TVi Channel
Opposition urging international community to help reduce pressure on TVi Channel
Prosecutor's office: Criminal case against TVi's Kniazhytsky closed
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"In a democratic state it is fundamentally important to protect the freedom of speech and prevent pressure on the media," the presidential press service quoted him as saying on Thursday.
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This Dictator makes me laugh~he and Assad are both of the same mother for sure!
Saddam, Gaddaffe, Murbauik, Assad, Yannkovych...?????
Yanukovych does not order anything.....he is told what to do by Moscow & Gas Billionaire Firtash
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Puzer-Mama was a ruler of Lagash before Gudea. Though he adopted the title of lugal, Puzer-Mama shows kinship with future Lagashite kings in the religiosity of his inscriptions.
He took control of Lagash during Shar-kali-sharri's reign, when troubles with the Guti left the Sargonic king with only "a small rump state whose center lay at the confluence of the Diyala and Tigris river." (Frayne 1993 p. 186)
Puzer-Mama's royal inscription — wherein he receives the various gifts of the gods appropriate to rulership: power by Ningirsu, intelligence by Enki, and position by Inanna, (Frayne 1993 p. 272) — may be contrasted with the contemporary religious element in Shar-kali-sharri's various inscriptions: a call for the gods to punish any who alter his inscriptions, and specifically to "tear out his foundations and destroy his progeny" (one of a number of curses for protection found in royal inscriptions starting with the reign of Sargon.)
- Frayne, Douglas R. (1993). Sargonic and Gutian Periods (Toronto, Buffalo, London. University of Toronto Press Incorporated)
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The Newcastle Falcons have recruited centre Tom Bedford on a permanent deal from Championship side the Bedford Blues.
Bedford joined Bedford from the Exeter Chiefs in the summer of 2010 and following a series of impressive performances for the Blues, he has journeyed to the Aviva Premiership side. Fellow centre Corne Uys has struggled with injuries since his switch from Super Rugby side the Cheetahs and Bedford will look to push the South African for a place in the first-team at Kingston Park.
Blues director of rugby Mike Rayer admitted it was a tough call to let Bedford leave the side but the two met an amicable agreement over the financial side of the matter.
"Hopefully this will be a good opportunity for Tom and that he will be able to get plenty of game time to prove himself," Rayer said. "We all wish him well and although it's been a tough call, Tom really wanted to give it a crack and we respect that.
"In looking at our options within the squad at present we feel we have enough depth at this time to cover his departure. Both clubs have come to a suitable financial agreement and therefore Tom is free join the Falcon's with immediate effect."
And Falcons boss Alan Tait is relishing the chance to see Bedford line up for his side. "He is a young English player who is keen as mustard to get back into full professional rugby and I am sure he will give it his best shot," Tait said. "He is here until the end of the season and he will get three or four months to prove himself and hopefully I can offer him a deal."
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Method for the reduction of echo and/or noise signals in TK systems for the transmission of useful acoustic signals, in which, when a silence interval is present, the distorted useful signal is modified by a time-dependent control signal ao(t) or by a control signal ao(k) cycled in the rhythm of a scan rate fT=1/T. The control signal ao(k) is varied in such manner that, during the presence of speech signals in the useful signals, the amplitude of the control signal ao(k) is set to a predetermined constant value co and, when a silence interval begins, the amplitude of the control signal ao(k) is reduced continuously from one sample value to the next in accordance with the recurrence formula ao(k+1)=ao(k).β with β<1. After the end of the silence interval, ao(k) is again set equal to co.
1. A method of reducing at least one of echo and noise signals in telecommunications systems for transmitting useful acoustic signals, comprising:
determining by silence detection when a mixture of useful signals and interference signals contains a speech signal or when a silence interval is present; and
varying, by means of a two-input multiplier, the amplitude of the useful signals, which are generally disturbed by the at least one of echo and noise signals, in response to a time-dependent control signal a0(t) or a control signal a0(k) clocked at a sampling rate fT=1/T, where k ∈
wherein the control signal a0(t) or a0(k) is varied in such a way that, in the presence of speech signals in the useful signals, the amplitude of the control signal a0(t) or a0(k) is set to a predetermined constant value c0,
wherein, from the beginning of a silence interval in the useful signal, the amplitude of the control signal a0(t) or a0(k) is continuously reduced from one sample to the next according to the recursion formula
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wherein the three output signals sam(x), mam(x), and lam(x) are so adjusted via suitable amplification coefficients that they are substantially equal in magnitude when an input signal x is a pure noise signal, with sam(x)<mam(x)<lam(x),
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wherein the presence of a speech signal as the input signal x is assumed when both sam(x) and mam(x) first become larger than lam(x), while the presence of a silence interval is assumed when thereafter at least one of sam(x) and mam(x) become smaller than lam(x).
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A method of reducing echo and/or noise signals in telecommunications systems for transmitting useful acoustic signals, particularly human speech, comprising determining by silence detection when the mixture of useful signals and interference signals contains a speech signal or when a silence interval is present, and varying, by means of a two-input multiplier, the amplitude of the useful signals, which are generally disturbed by echo and/or noise signals, in response to a time-dependent control signal a0(t) or a control signal a0(k) clocked at a sampling rate fT=1/T, where k ∈
Such a method is known, for example from DE 42 29 912 A1.
During natural communication between people, as a rule the amplitude of the spoken word is automatically adapted to the acoustic environment.
However in remote spoken communication the speaking partners are not in the same acoustic environment, so neither is aware of the acoustical situation at the location of the other. The problem occurs particularly acutely when one of the partners is compelled by his acoustic surroundings to speak very loudly, while the other partner is in a quiet acoustic environment and is producing speech signals of lower amplitude.
A further problem is that on a TK channel some noise of ōelectronic originö is produced and this is co-transmitted as a background to the useful signal. Furthermore, it is also advantageous to attenuate or completely suppress distorting signals such as undesired background noise (noise from the street, the factory, the office, the canteen, aircraft noise, etc.). To enhance comfort while telephoning, it is generally attempted to keep every type of noise as low as possible.
Finally, in TK communications there also occur so-called echoes, which are present in two-wire TK networks as line echoes and can for example appear in simple and less comfortable TK terminals in the form of acoustical echoes.
In general therefore, in the transmission of a mixture of speech signals and distorting signals, it is important to reduce the amplitude of distorting signals such as noise and echoes as much as possible.
A known method for noise reduction is the so-called ōspectral subtractionö, as described for example in the publication ōA new approach to noise reduction based on auditory masking effectsö by S. Gustafsson and P. Jax, ITG Technical Conference, Dresden, 1998. This involves a spectral noise-reduction method in which an acoustic masking threshold (for example according to the MPEG Standard) is taken into account. The disadvantages of such methods are that determination of the said acoustic masking threshold is an elaborate process and that carrying out all the operations associated with the method entails considerable computational effort.
In spectral subtraction the noise in speech pauses is first measured and stored continuously in a memory in the form of a power density spectrum. The power density spectrum is obtained via a Fourier transformation. When speech occurs, the stored noise spectrum is subtracted as a ōbest current estimated valueö from the actual distorted speech spectrum and then back-transformed in the same time area, so that in this way a noise reduction for the distorted signal is obtained.
A further disadvantage of spectral subtraction is that by virtue of the process of noise estimation and subsequent subtraction which are inexact in principle, defects occur in the output signal which are noticeable as ōmusical tonesö. In addition, this known method is hardly appropriate for the suppression of echo signals in TK communication links.
In the extended spectral signal processing also described in the reference cited above, with the help of spectral subtraction the power density spectra for the noise and for the speech itself are first estimated. From a knowledge of these part-spectra, with the help for example of the rules of the MPEG Standard, a spectral acoustic masking threshold RT(f) for the human ear is then calculated. With the help of this masking threshold and the estimated spectra for noise and speech, a simple rule is then applied to compute a filter pass curve H(f) which is designed such that essential spectral portions of the speech are let through as unchanged as possible, while spectral portions of the noise are attenuated as much as possible.
The original distorted speech signal then need only be passed through this filter to obtain a noise reduction for the distorted signal. The advantage of the method is now that ōnothing is added to or subtracted fromö the distorted signal, so estimation errors have little perceptible effect or hardly any at all. The disadvantages are again the considerable computational effort for spectral noise suppression and the need for upstream connection of an adaptive filter for echo suppression.
In the known compander method, as described for example in the patent DE42 29 912 A1 cited earlier, the degree of noise and echo attenuation is established in accordance with a fixed predetermined transfer function which, among other things, effects a level reduction even in the case of very small input signals.
The compander first has the property of transmitting speech signals with a given (previously set) ōnormal speech signal levelö (sometimes called the normal loudness) virtually unchanged from its input to the output.
If, now, the input signal is ever too loud, for example because a speaker comes too close to his microphone, a dynamic compressor limits the output level to almost the same value as in the normal case, in that the actual amplification in the compander is linearly reduced as the input signal becomes louder. Thanks to this property, the speech at the output of the compander system remains at approximately equal loudness regardless of how marked is the fluctuation of the input loudness.
On the other hand, if a signal with a level lower than normal is fed to the input of the compander, the signal is additionally damped in that the amplification is cut back so as to transmit background noise only in attenuated form so far as possible.
Thus, the compander consists of a compressor for speech signal levels higher than or equal to a normal level, and an expander for signal levels lower than the normal level. In this, the amplification reduction in the expander is more marked the lower is the input level.
A disadvantage of the compander solution is the considerable computational effort required to carry out the known process. Besides, the compression of the speech signal level on the one hand and its expansion on the other hand give rise to a modulation in the loudness of the speech, which changes the speech signal in such a way that the result is often perceived subjectively as unsatisfactory, i.e. it creates an unsatisfactory auditory impression.
The purpose of the present invention, in contrast, is to propose a method having the characteristics described at the start, by means of which, in the least elaborate and most cost-effective way possible and without major computational effort and reduced need for computer memory and data storage space, echo and noise attenuation is achieved by using simple means to produce an overall acoustic impression as pleasant as possible for the human ear, which can in addition be adapted to individual needs according to taste.
According to the invention this objective is achieved in a manner as simple as it is effective, by varying the control signal ao(t) or ao(k) in such a way that during the presence of speech signals in the useful signal the amplitude of the control signal ao(t) or ao(k) is set to a predetermined constant amplification value co and when a silence interval begins in the useful signal the amplitude of the control signal ao(t) or ao(k) is continually reduced from one sample value to the next in accordance with the recurrence formula:
The invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description n conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
This provides a very simple and cost-effective method, which also achieves surprisingly good quality in relation to the reduction of distortion since it preferably attenuates the distorting echo and noise signals during silence intervals. During the speaking phases themselves, the distorting noise is at least partially masked and therefore obviously perceived by the human ear to a far smaller extent. By doing without compression according to the known compander method, the original speech signal is considerably less changed so that, as a result, a speech signal which as a rule sounds better at the other end of the line is obtained. In addition, the method according to the invention requires less computing power than the compander method, since at least the compression is omitted. Correspondingly, smaller capacities are needed for data storage and computer memory, and compared with the known method this makes the method according to the invention both simpler and cheaper.
To achieve effective noise attenuation, during silence intervals the power of the signal to be transmitted is reduced in accordance with a time-exponential function, in contrast to a reduction that depends on the input level as in the compander method. This already achieves appreciable noise attenuation, and in addition a reduction of noise during a silence interval is clearly less stressful for the hearing since it considerably reduces the deafening effect that occurs after loud noise. When speech is resumed the ear can react more sensitively and listen more accurately.
Advantageously, the factor β is chosen such that the continuous time reduction corresponds approximately to a time constant τ1 of the perceptiveness of the human ear. This means that after a powerful noise stimulus, the human ear does not perceive new noise stimuli after the end of the powerful sound stimulus which are in time and amplitude below a variation curve that attenuates with time constant τ1. A variant of the method according to the invention is therefore preferred, in which the factor β is determined from the sampling rate fT, a time constant τ1, and a predefined constant factor c1, according to the relation β=c1Ęexp(−1/τ1āT).
In man, the time constant τ1 is chosen to be between 50 ms and 150 ms, preferably τ1≈65 ms.
To dimension the factor β accurately in accordance with the time constant τ1, it is best to choose co=1.
If the continuous exponential attenuation of the distortion signal according to the aforesaid recurrence formula is not limited, the value of ao(k) will very rapidly become fairly small as k increases, approaching zero. This, however, is not always desired since in many cases people like to hear a low level of residual noise so that during a speech pause the impression will be avoided that the TK line has suddenly ōgone deadö or been interrupted. It is therefore preferable to have a variant of the method according to the invention in which during a silence interval and/or in the presence of an echo signal a0(k+1) assumes a predefined constant value C2 if the preceding value a0(k) has become less than or equal to c2.
Further, it is desirable to adapt the degree of signal level reduction during silence intervals to the momentary situation in the TK channel.
For example, noise can preferably be reduced as a function of the momentary noise level N or in a way that depends on a function g(S/N) of the signal-to-noise difference S/N, but short-time echoes can be reduced more strongly and, after the end of the echo, the reduction can be restored to the lesser value used for noise reduction.
It is therefore particularly preferable to apply a method variant characterised in that during a silence interval and/or in the presence of an echo signal and for a0(k)≦C2, where C2 is a predefined constant, the power value of the noise level N in the communications channel currently being used is continuously measured and/or estimated, and that depending on the current noise level N, the control signal a0(k+1) is continuously adjusted according to a0(k+1)=f(N), where f(N) is a predetermined function of N.
In this way the degree of noise attenuation is automatically controlled as a function of the power N of the noise actually occurring and adapted to the momentary noise value in the telephone channel, being followed in a predetermined and defined way. Via the choice of the function of f(N) the subjective impression of the overall signal produced can also be adapted. Another advantage of this method variant is that in the case of a bundle of telephone channels, for example between international communication stations, the noise situation in each individual channel, which may very well be quite different from one channel to the next, can be automatically adjusted and optimised individually.
Particularly preferred is a variant of the method according to the invention characterised in that the predetermined function f(N) is a function g(S/N), which depends on the quotient S/N of the power value of the signal level S of the useful signals to be transmitted and the power value of the noise level N, or that the predetermined function f(N) is a function g′(N/S), which depends on the reciprocal of said quotient. For reasons of simpler practical realisation, a function of (S+N)/N or (S+N)/S can also be used.
The advantage of the above method variant is that if the useful signal level S in the telephone channels of a bundle is varying markedly, the correct adjustment for noise reduction will always be found. If the noise attenuation is controlled proportionally to the reciprocal N/S, the function g′(N/S) can easily be implemented on a digital signal processor (=DSP) with fixed computer word lengths for example of 16 bits using particularly simple software, since for N/S a numerical range 0<N/S<1 is mainly relevant or of interest for controlling the noise reduction.
Acoustic listening tests have shown that with S/N=0 dB speech is clearly so distorted that the noise may only be reduced by a value fo or go between 5 and 10 dB, preferably between 6 and 8 dB, to a limited extent if degradation of the overall acoustic impression in relation to natural-sounding speech is to be avoided. At even less favourable values of the signal-to-noise ratio S/N<0 dB, the value fo or go can be retained since any further noise reduction only worsens the overall impression.
According to these investigations, at mean S/N values the noise reduction can be more pronounced. In this, there is a maximum in the range 10 to 15 dB. The value of the noise attenuation fmax or gmax should amount at the maximum to between 20 and 30, preferably about 25 dB.
With very good noise values such that S/N>40 dB, only a minimal reduction between 0 and 3 dB should be effected so that the naturalness of the speech transmitted is kept as good as possible.
The sound of the speech and its understandability are particularly good when the function f(N) or g(S/N) is coherent in a continuous way beyond the three ranges discussed above, whereby rapid changes in N or in S(N) can be smoothed by filtering.
This is relatively simple to realise in terms of hardware and/or software, since the functions f(N) or g(S/N) or g′(N/S) are approximated by straight characteristic line sections between the three aforesaid operating points (sectional linear approximation).
In a somewhat more elaborate variant of the method according to the invention, but one whose result is a better sound picture, a polynomial function is used to implement the continuous functions f(N) or g(S/N) or g′(N/S) in the three ranges discussed, which as a result leads to a type of skewed bell function.
Especially preferable is a variant of the method according to the invention in that the functions f(N) and g(S/N) or g′(N/S) are chosen such that the reduction of the noise level N is aurally compensated in accordance with the psychoacoustic mean value of the spectrum audible by the human ear. In this, the value for S and/or N is determined not solely from the momentary power, but also from a weighted spectral variation of S or N respectively, and overall via the function so obtained a noise reduction appropriate for audition, i.e. one which sounds psycho-acoustically pleasant, is achieved. Since there is no simple measure for a noise reduction that sounds acoustically pleasant, all the quality assessments in extensive listening tests are taken into account and subsequently evaluated by statistical methods optimised for the purpose, in order to obtain an evaluation scale (similarly to the case of speech codecs).
Good noise level estimation necessitates a good silence interval detector, since only then can one be sure that in the silence intervals only distorting noise is present without any mixing at all between noise and snatches of speech, as is often the case in practice.
For that reason a method variant is especially to be preferred which is characterised in that in a silence detector (SPD), a short-time output signal sam(x), a medium-time output signal mam(x), and a long-time output signal lam(x) are formed by means of a short-time level estimator, a medium-time level estimator, and a long-time level estimator, respectively, that the three output signals sam(x), mam(x), and lam(x) are so adjusted via suitable amplification coefficients that they are approximately equal in magnitude when the input signal x is a pure noise signal, with sam(x)<mam(x)<lam(x), that the three output signals sam(x), mam(x), and lam(x) are monitored by comparators, and that the presence of a speech signal as the input signal x is assumed when both sam(x) and mam(x) first become larger than lam(x), while the presence of a silence interval is assumed when thereafter sam(x) and/or mam(x) become smaller than lam(x).
With the help of this relatively simple type of formation of various mean values of the time signal, surprisingly good silence interval detection can already be achieved, which requires only very little computational effort.
A further development of this method variant provides that for silence interval estimation, the three output signals sam(x), mam(x), and lam(x) are fed to a neural network which was trained with a plurality of scenarios with different input signals x. A neuronal network can advantageously picture linear and non-linear relationships between a large number of input parameters and the desired output values. A prerequisite for this is that the neuronal network has first been trained with a sufficient quantity of input values and associated output values. Thus, neuronal networks are particularly well suited for the task of silence interval detection in the presence of various kinds of distorting noise.
Preferably, besides the recognition and reduction of noise signals, the presence of echo signals will also be detected and/or predicted and the corresponding echo signals suppressed or attenuated. When in a telephone channel echoes occur in addition to noise, these can as a rule be predicted by virtue of a previously determined signal persistence time τE of an echo and the previously determined echo coupling ERL in the channel and the signal strength ES that triggers the echo in the return channel. This estimation can be carried out in such a way that as a function of the speech signal emitted and its momentary power, the size of the delayed echo is estimated. If the echo signal estimated in each case exceeds a predetermined threshold value thrs within determined short time segments, this echo-affected signal is preferably additionally damped for a short time, for example by means of the above-mentioned exponential attenuation, to a value necessary for an essential reduction of the echo signal. In the same sense, when echoes are present a compander characteristic curve can for a short time be displaced in the direction of greater input loudness and, once the echo has died away, it can be moved back to its original position.
Especially preferred is a further development of this method variant in that the control signal a0(k+1) is continuously adjusted according to a0(k+1)=h(N, S, ES, τE, ERL), where h(N, S, ES, τE, ERL) is a predetermined function of the noise level N, the signal level S, the useful signal ES in the opposite direction from a speaking party, the constant delay τE of the echo signal, and an attenuation constant ERL of the amplitude of the echo signal.
Advantageously, a noise reduction appropriate for audition can be combined with an echo reduction independent of it. This is particularly important when there is virtually no background noise in the telephone channel, since there is then no noise attenuation and echo signals that occur can therefore reach the caller unimpeded.
Separation of the control of noise reduction from that of echo attenuation is appropriate, since noise and echoes occur independently of one another and are also typically caused by completely different physical effects. However, a general reduction function R can be generated mathematically, which describes an attenuation of signal levels for both noise and echoes:
Particularly advantageous is a method variant in which during the time of an echo reduction, an artificial noise signal is added to the useful signal.
At constant noise level, a noise attenuation is also constant. A suddenly occurring additional echo reduction in the speech rhythm means that there will also be a noise attenuation in the speech rhythm (at least in the short time segment). This leads to pulsed background noise which does not sound natural. It is therefore advantageous, at the instants when additional echo reduction takes place, to add to the processed signal a synthetic noise from a suitable noise generator of about the same magnitude as normal background noise. This results in background noise for the listener which is as constant as possible.
The noise generator can be designed such that the artificial noise signal comprises an acoustic signal sequence psycho-acoustically perceived as pleasant (=comfort noise).
Instead of synthetic background noise, however, a section of previously occurring real background noise of appropriate strength can be introduced during the echo-time segments. The added noise is then virtually no different from the previous noise and therefore results in no distorting acoustical variation for the listener.
The addition of noise to the acoustic masking of effects and the measures for separate treatment of noise and echoes, when these are correctly matched to one another, result in a particularly understandable and pleasant speech impression even in ōdifficultö environments (echoes plus noise).
Particularly preferable is also a variant of the method according to the invention, in which the useful signal to be transmitted is subjected to a spectral subtraction. The advantage of spectral subtraction with subsequent level attenuation during the speech pauses is that first, by spectral subtraction, part of the distorting noise is eliminated from the speech signal itself, and only after this are the speech pauses freed from noise and echoes in the manner described. Overall, in subjective tests this combination gives better listening impressions than simple spectral subtraction alone.
Finally, a further particularly advantageous variant of the method according to the invention provides that the useful signal to be transmitted is subjected to spectral filtering adapted to the sense of human hearing. Here too, with the means of spectral subtraction an estimate of noise, speech and echoes is first carried out, a masking threshold appropriate for audition is then determined, and the whole signal is then processed via an appropriately adjusted transmission filter such that the speech fraction is as undistorted as possible and the echo and noise fractions are suppressed to as large an extent as possible.
A combination with the subsequent level attenuation during silence intervals improves the listening impression still further.
The scope of the present invention also includes a server unit to support the method according to the invention described above, and a computer program for implementing the method. The method can be realised both as hardware circuit and in the form of a computer program. Nowadays software programming for a powerful DSP is preferred, because new knowledge and additional functions can be implemented more easily by modifying the software on an existing hardware basis. However, processes can also be implemented as hardware modules, for example in TK terminals or telephones.
Further advantages of the invention emerge from the description and figures. Likewise, the characteristics mentioned earlier and any indicated in what follows can in each case be applied individually as such, or several together in any combinations. The embodiments indicated and described are not to be understood as exclusive, but rather, as examples which illustrate the invention.
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Here's where we stand right now. Shows listed under "renewed" are definite. Shows listed under "canceled" are pretty much definite (barring a last-minute reprieve, which rarely happens).
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As for the rest, these are some educated guesses. And keep in mind that just because a show hasn't been renewed doesn't mean it's in trouble. ABC has renewed anything, but it's certain to pick up a whole lot of its returning shows.
Renewed: Officially, nothing
Canceled: "Back in the Game," "Betrayal," "Killer Women," "Lucky 7," "Mind Games," "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"
Looking good for renewal: "Castle," "The Goldbergs," "Grey's Anatomy," ":ast Man Standing," "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Once Upon a Time," "Resurrection," "Scandal"
On the bubble: "Mixology," "Nashville," "The Neigbors," "Revenge," "
Suburgatory," "Super Fun Night," "Trophy Wife"
Renewed: "Big Bang Theory," "Blue Bloods," "Criminal Minds," "CSI," "Elementary," "The Good Wife," "Hawaii Five-0," "Mike & Molly," "The Millers," "Mom," "NCIS," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Person of Interest," ""2 Broke Girls," "Two and a Half Men"
Canceled: "We Are Men"
On the bubble: "The Crazy Ones," "Intelligence," "The Mentalist"
Renewed: "Arrow," "The Originals," "Reign," "Supernatural," "The Vampire Diaries"
Canceled: "Nikita"
Looking good for renewal: "The 100," "Tomorrow People"
On the bubble: "Beauty and the Beast," "The Carrie Diaries," "Hart of Dixie," "Star Crossed"
Renewed: "Bob's Burgers, "Bones," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Family Guy," "The Following," "Glee," "The Mindy Project," "New Girl," "The Simpsons," "Sleepy Hollow"
Canceled: "Raising Hope"
On the bubble: "Almost Human," "Dads," "Enlisted," "Rake"
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Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - Anze Kopitar scored twice to help the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings get their first win of the season in a 4-2 final over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday.
Jake Muzzin had a goal and an assist while Jeff Carter also scored for the Kings, who won for the first time this season in their fourth game. Jonathan Quick made 32 stops.
Shane Doan and Mikkel Boedker each had a goal for the Coyotes, who have dropped four of five to start the shortened season. Jason LaBarbera gave up four goals on 31 shots in the loss.
"We've felt like we control these games for 15 or 20 minutes at a time, but we have to find ways to play a full 60 minutes," said Doan. "It's frustrating, I'm frustrated, nobody likes the way things are going right now.
The first period went scoreless, but the Kings took a 1-0 lead just 64 seconds into the second as Dustin Brown sent a pass from the left boards to the slot where Kopitar one-timed it home.
Phoenix tied the game less than three minutes later on the power play when Boedker found the back of the net with a wrister, but Kopitar's second of the period at the 5:08 mark made it a 2-1 contest.
Carter scored his second goal in as many games with 8:27 to play in the middle stanza to give the Kings a 3-1 advantage.
The Coyotes cut their deficit to one just 22 seconds into the third period as Lauri Korpikoski tried a wraparound from the right side that was stopped, but the rebound came out to the slot and Doan buried it.
Los Angeles, though, got an insurance goal eight minutes later when a simple shot by Jake Muzzin at the left point handcuffed LaBarbera to his glove side for his first NHL goal.
"It was one of those hope wristers that floated through and made it through," Muzzin said.
Los Angeles hosts Vancouver on Monday ... Phoenix hosts Nashville on Monday
... Each team won three games in the series last season ... Phoenix went 1-
for-6 on the power play while Los Angeles went 0-for-4.
Georgetown also underwent a head coaching change in the offseason, and, like Colgate, its Patriot League programs has continuity leading into the 2014 season. The Hoyas elevated assistant Rob Sgarlata to head coach after he served for 18 seasons as an assistant coach - the last nine under Kevin Kelly.
Ryan Blaney claimed his second career win in the Nationwide Series after passing Kyle Busch for the lead following a restart with six laps to go in Friday night's Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Oakland Raiders linebacker Sio Moore left Friday's game in Green Bay on a stretcher after suffering a neck injury.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announced starting pitcher Garrett Richards underwent surgery Friday to repair the torn patellar tendon in his left knee.
Stephen Curry, James Harden and Kyrie Irving were among the roster of 12 players named to represent the USA Basketball team in the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Spain.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who patrolled NHL creases for 16 seasons and spent last year as a backup with the Colorado Avalanche, announced his retirement on Thursday.


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