PARTNER MICROPHONE UNIT AND A HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A PARTNER MICROPHONE UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20180048969A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15792434

    申请日:2017-10-24

    Applicant: OTICON A/S

    Abstract: A partner microphone unit comprising a) a multitude microphones for picking up a sound from the environment providing corresponding electric input signals, each comprising a target signal component and a noise signal component; b) a multi-input unit noise reduction system for providing an estimate Ŝ of the target sound s comprising the person's voice and comprising a multi-input beamformer filtering unit coupled to said input units and configured to determine filter weights for providing a beamformed signal, wherein signal components from other directions than a direction of the target signal source are attenuated, whereas signal components from the direction of the target signal source are left un-attenuated; c) antenna and transceiver circuitry for establishing an audio link to another device; and wherein the multi-input beamformer filtering unit comprises an adaptive beamformer is provided.

    ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMING TO CREATE REFERENCE CHANNELS

    公开(公告)号:US20170178662A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-22

    申请号:US14973274

    申请日:2015-12-17

    Abstract: An echo cancellation system that performs audio beamforming to separate audio input into multiple directions and determines a target signal and a reference signal from the multiple directions. For example, the system may detect a strong signal associated with a speaker and select the strong signal as a reference signal, selecting another direction as a target signal. The system may determine a speech position and may select the speech position as a target signal and an opposite direction as a reference signal. The system may create pairwise combinations of opposite directions, with an individual direction being selected as a target signal and a reference signal. The system may select a fixed beamformer output for the target signal and an adaptive beamformer output for the reference signal, or vice versa. The system may remove the reference signal (e.g., audio output by the loudspeaker) to isolate speech included in the target signal.

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