Noise-reduction method for noise-affected voice channels

Details Noise-reduction method for noise-affected voice channels Noise-reduction method for noise-affected voice channels

1994-03-11

1995-03-21

Kuntz, Curtis

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Directive circuits for microphones

381 94, 381 47, H04R 300

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054004098

ABSTRACT:
A method that can be used not only for elimination of noise, for example in automatic speech recognition, but also to improve the voice quality for people, for instance during use of the speaker function of a car phone. The noise reduction is executed with two or multiple channels in such a manner that the temporal and architectural acoustical signal properties of speech and interference are utilized step-by-step and systematically. According to the method a pivotable, acoustic directional lobe is produced for the individual voice channels by respective digital directional filters and a linear phase estimation to correct for a phase difference between the two channels. The noise in the individual voice channels is estimated during speaking pauses, and the temporally stationary noise sources are damped by means of spectral subtraction. The individual voice channels are subsequently added whereby the statistical disturbances of spectral subtraction are averaged. Finally, the composite signal resulting from the addition is subsequently processed with a modified coherence function to damp diffuse noise and echo components.

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