Subband acoustic noise suppression

Details Subband acoustic noise suppression Subband acoustic noise suppression

1997-02-07

1999-08-03

Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.

Telephonic communications

Terminal

Having loudspeaking conversation capability

379406, 379388, 370289, H04M 100

Patent

active

059334959

ABSTRACT:
A conditioning circuit for use with a microphone 224 placed near a loudspeaker 206 has microphone-in 225 and speaker-line 208 input terminals, an echo canceller circuit (212, 216, 220, 222), a noise-suppresser circuit 230, and a synthesis filter 234 coupling noise-suppresser circuit 230 to a microphone-out output terminal 236. Microphone-in 225 and speaker-line 108 input terminals respectively receive microphone and speaker signals. The echo canceller circuit is coupled between microphone-in 225 and speaker-line 108 input terminals and produces a subband reduced-echo microphone signal by (i) transforming the microphone signal into a subband microphone signal and the speaker signal into a filtered subband speaker signal, and (ii) subband subtracting the filtered subband speaker signal from the subband microphone signal. Noise-suppresser circuit 230 is coupled to the echo canceller circuit to produce a subband reduced-noise, reduced-echo microphone signal by subband noise suppression of the subband reduced-echo microphone signal. Synthesis filter 234 transforms the subband reduced-noise, reduced-echo microphone signal into a fullband reduced-noise, reduced-echo microphone signal. Because the subband signal is not restored to a fullband signal until after undergoing both echo cancellation and noise reduction, my system requires less processing power than systems that apply a synthesis filter between subband echo cancellation and noise reduction. This system is useful in hands-free telephones, especially hands-free cellular telephones used in automobiles. A circuit 538 for subbahd detection of near-end speech in the microphone signal can be provided so echo cancellation filter coefficients can be automatically frozen when near-end speech is detected.

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