Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for a multi-microphone noise reduction
- Patent Title (中): 多麦克风降噪的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13147603Application Date: 2010-02-03
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Publication No.: US08660281B2Publication Date: 2014-02-25
- Inventor: Martin Bouchard , Homayoun Kamkar Parsi
- Applicant: Martin Bouchard , Homayoun Kamkar Parsi
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa, Ontario
- Assignee: University of Ottawa
- Current Assignee: University of Ottawa
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa, Ontario
- Agent Laurence A. Greenberg; Werner H. Stemer; Ralph E. Locher
- International Application: PCT/US2010/023041 WO 20100203
- International Announcement: WO2010/091077 WO 20100812
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R5/00

Abstract:
A method for a multi microphone noise reduction in a complex noisy environment is proposed. A left and a right noise power spectral density for a left and a right noise input frame is estimated for computing a diffuse noise gain. A target speech power spectral density is extracted from the noise input frame. A directional noise gain is calculated from the target speech power spectral density and the noise power spectral density. The noisy input frame is filtered by Kalman filtering method. A Kalman based gain is generated from the Kalman filtered noisy frame and the noise power spectral density. A spectral enhancement gain is computed by combining the diffuse noise gain, the directional noise gain, and the Kalman based gain. The method reduces different combinations of diverse background noise and increases speech intelligibility, while guaranteeing to preserve the interaural cues of the target speech and directional background noises.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110305345A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-MICROPHONE NOISE REDUCTION Public/Granted day:2011-12-15
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