METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEECH ENHANCEMENT IN A SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Patent 0993670

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EP 0 993 670 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/16

(21)	Application number: 98932337.3

(22)	Date of filing: 01.07.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G10L 3/02

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9801/936

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9901/863 (14.01.1999 Gazette 1999/02)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

02.07.1997 GB 9714001

(71)	Applicant: Simoco International Limited
	Cambridge CB4 1DP (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	CHANCE, Robert James Birmingham B17 9SS (GB) McLOUGHLIN, Ian Vince Birmingham B30 2RE (GB)

(74)	Representative: Tothill, John Paul et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEECH ENHANCEMENT IN A SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM