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GPS

Now you can comfortably make hands-free calls anywhere, whether you are driving on loud and busy streets, taking a joy ride to your vacation destination, or while steering a boat off the shores of your favorite beach.

The SoundClear® solution for Bluetooth enabled GPS Navigation delivers clear, reliable and consistent audio performance necessary for safe hands-free calling anywhere you may be. It delivers high speech intelligibility, echo-free full duplex performance, and sound enhancement with quick adaptation to changing acoustic conditions.

Our patented technology adaptively monitors, detects, and processes voice, echo, and noise signal power levels to eliminate syllable or word clipping. Our extensive experience in working with the world’s leading GPS navigation brands has developed our in-depth understanding of the acoustic specifications required by GPS hands-free applications.

SoundClear® software for GPS Navigation is available for the following platforms:

  • ARM9e, ARM11, and ARM Cortex family of processors
  • TI family of OMAP processors and DSPs including C64x and C55x
  • Broadcom BCM47xx GPS processors
  • CSR SiRFprima™Multifunction Location Platform
  • CSR BC5-MM

The SoundClear® solution has been developed for each target processor to have efficient use of MIPS and memory and includes the following key features:

  • Elimination of 90% of Unwanted Sounds
  • Precision Tuning to Remove a Variety of Cabin and Road Noises
  • High Definition (HD) Wideband Processing
  • Full-duplex, Echo Free Operation
  • Automatic volume control
  • Dynamically Adjusts to Changing Backgrounds
  • Fast Convergence in < 50ms
  • Smooth and Natural Call Mode Transitions
  • Simple and Fast Tuning with RAPID™ Tool
  • Tunable for Varying Transducer Configurations