def lpfilter(input_signal, win):
    # Low-pass linear Filter
    # (2*win)+1 is the size of the window that determines the values that influence 
    # the filtered result, centred over the current measurement
    from scipy import ndimage
    kernel = np.lib.pad(np.linspace(1,3,win), (0,win-1), 'reflect') 
    kernel = np.divide(kernel,np.sum(kernel)) # normalise
    output_signal = ndimage.convolve(input_signal, kernel) 
    return output_signal

from pylab import plt
import numpy as np

### make up some data
t=np.linspace(-4,4,100)
x=np.sin(t)
unsmoothed = x+np.random.rand(len(t))*0.4

### smooth data using def
smoothed = lpfilter(unsmoothed,5)
print(unsmoothed.shape, smoothed.shape)

### plot data
plt.subplot(111)
plt.plot(unsmoothed, 'k', alpha=0.5)
plt.plot(smoothed, 'r')
plt.show()