An application server for reducing ambiance noise in an auscultation signal, as well as for recording comments while auscultating a patient with an electronic stethoscope
An application server for reducing ambiance noise in an auscultation signal, and for recording comments white auscultating a patient with an electronic stethoscope This application server (AS) comprises: -- means (SPH) for receiving samples of a raw auscultation signal representing auscultation sounds mixed with ambiance sounds, this raw auscultation signal being transmitted by a first microphone (M1) embedded in a stethoscope (ES), -- means (SPH) for receiving samples of an ambiance signal transmitted by a second microphone (M2) in a phone (IPP1), -- means (ASE) for processing the samples of the auscultation signal and the samples of the ambiance signal for generating an auscultation signal without ambiance sounds, -- means (LBM) for sending the auscultation signal without ambiance sounds to at least the headset of said stethoscope (ES), -- means (VRM) for recognizing local sounds in the ambiance signal and converting these vocal sounds into text for storing comments into a database (DB).
