FEATURE SOLD AS COMPONENT

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
PET FRIENDLY	BOSCH SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.	130 Perinton Parkway Fairport NY 14450	feature sold as a component of a detector which enables it to distinguish between signals caused by humans and signals caused by pets or other small animals;PET;
SNEAK-A-CUP	EMPOWER BRANDS	3001 Deming Way Middleton WI 53562	Feature sold as a component of electric coffee machines, namely, a valve that temporarily stops the flow of coffee to enable the user to pour a cup before brewing ends;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A method and apparatus for reducing echo in a communication system are provided. A first signal including a voice component associated to a speaker is received. The first signal is processed to derive a harmonic feature of the voice component. A second signal including an echo component correlated to the first signal is also received. The second signal is processed at least in part on the basis of the harmonic feature of the voice component to remove at least in part the echo component such as to derive an echo reduced signal. The echo reduced signal is then released. In specific implementations, the harmonic feature of the voice component is an estimate of the pitch associated to the voice component.