• DocumentCode
    1078156
  • Title

    An interphone system for "hands-free" operation in high ambient noise

  • Author

    Torick, E.L. ; Allen, R.G.

  • Author_Institution
    CBS Laboratories, Stamford, Conn.
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    12/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    168
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    A new interphone system has been developed providing a high degree of intelligibility and listener comfort in ambient levels up to 125 dB sound-pressure level. This paper discusses some of the novel electronic features employed, including 1) Automatic Gain Control (AGC) with recovery inhibition to prevent noise "pumping" during speech pauses, 2) Automatic Level Compensation (ALC) for automatic adjustment of listening level with changing ambient, and 3) highly reliable voice-actuated switching (VOX) at widely varying ambient levels.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic noise; Circuit noise; Frequency; Microphones; Noise cancellation; Noise level; Speech analysis; Speech enhancement; Switching circuits; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Audio and Electroacoustics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9278
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAU.1966.1161872
  • Filename
    1161872