A pause compressing speech coding/decoding apparatus according to the invention can improve the sound quality of decoded speech in terms of sense of hearing, in which the transmission side includes a speech coder, a speech detector, a hangover time controller for adjusting the duration of a speech...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5687283?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5687283 - Pause compressing speech coding/decoding apparatus