Speech communication by means of infinitely clipped signals

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dc.contributor.advisorLeeds, J. Vennen_US
dc.creatorHoffman, Eric Jayen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T21:57:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-04-22T21:57:08Zen_US
dc.date.issued1965en_US
dc.description.abstractThe transmission of speech through difficult channels is more easily accomplished if the complicated speech waveform can be simplified. One method of simplification is to "infinitely clip" the speech to a rectangular signal which preserves only the original zero-crossings. Early research with clipped speech and clipped, differentiated speech is extended to clipped, twice differentiated speech and an "enriched" mixture of two clipped derivatives of different order. The two new systems produce a higher quality signal than the earlier methods, the "enriched" speech approaching typical communications quality. Data is presented comparing the intelligibility of these four systems. A scheme for preserving simultaneously the exact times of both zeros and extremals is discussed in detail and experimentally investigated. The intelligibility of time-quantized, second-order clipped. speech is studied, and certain statistical parameters of the clipped signals measured. These data indicate: that a three-to-one reduction in bit rate over telephonic PCM is possible while still preserving tolerable intelligibility. .en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent59 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis E.E. 1965 HOFFMANen_US
dc.identifier.citationHoffman, Eric Jay. "Speech communication by means of infinitely clipped signals." (1965) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89468">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89468</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE0498en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/89468en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleSpeech communication by means of infinitely clipped signalsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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