id: 06048785 dt: j an: 06048785 au: Bastiaans, Martin J. ti: Comment on “The $T$-class of time-frequency distributions: time-only kernels with amplitude estimation”. so: J. Franklin Inst. 348, No. 9, 2670-2673 (2011). py: 2011 pu: Elsevier Science Ltd. (Pergamon), Oxford la: EN cc: ut: ci: Zbl 1153.94320 li: doi:10.1016/j.jfranklin.2011.07.009 ab: Summary: It is shown that the recently introduced $T$-class of time-frequency distributions [{\it Z. M. Hussain} and {\it B. Boashash}, “The $T$-class of time-frequency distributions: time-only kernels with amplitude estimation", J. Franklin Inst. 343, No. 7, 661‒675 (2006; Zbl 1153.94320)] is a subclass of the $S$-method distributions. From the generalization of the $S$-method distribution by rotating it in the time-frequency plane, a similar generalization of the $T$-class distribution follows readily. The generalized $T$-class distribution is then applicable to signals that behave chirp-like, with their instantaneous frequency slowly varying around the slope of the chirp; this slope needs no longer be zero, as is the case for the original $T$-class distribution, but may take an arbitrary value. rv: