ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,483, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).
"Method and device for voice activity detection" was invented by Martin Sehlstedt (Lulea, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decis...