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- Dahl, Mattias, et al.
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A Neural Network Trained Microphone Array System for Noise Reduction
- 1996
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a neural network based microphone array system, which is capable to continuously perform speech enhancement and adaptation to nonuniform quantization, such as A-law and $mu@-law. Such a quantizer is designed to increase the Signal to Quantization Noise Ratio (SQNR) for small amplitudes in telecommunications systems. The proposed method primarily developed for hands-free mobile telephones, suppresses the ambient car noise with approximately 10 dB. The system is based upon a multi-layered nonlinear back-propagation trained network by using a built-in calibration technique.
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A New General Front-End Technique for Complex Quadratic Programming : Applications to Array Pattern Synthesis
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper presents a new practical approach to complex quadratic programming which solves the broad class of complex approximation problems employing finitization of semi-infinite formulations. The approximation problem may be general with arbitrarily complex basis functions. By using a new technique, the associated semi-infinite quadratic programming problem can be solved taking advantage of the numerical stability and efficiency of conventional quadratic programming software packages. Furthermore, the optimization procedure is simple to describe theoretically and straightforward to implement in computer coding. The new design technique is therefore highly accessible. The complex approximation algorithm is versatile and can be applied to a variety of applications such as narrow-band as well as broad-band beamformers with any geometry, conventional FIR filters, digital Laguerre networks, and digital FIR equalizers. The new algorithm is formally introduced as the quadratic Dual Nested Complex Approximation (DNCA) algorithm. The essence of the new technique, justified by the Caratheodory's dimensionality theorem, is to exploit the finiteness of the related Lagrange multipliers by adapting conventional finite-dimensional quadratic programming to the semi-infinite quadratic programming re-formulation of complex approximation problems. The design criterion in our application is to minimize the side-lobe energy of an antenna array when subjected to a specified bound on the peak side-lobe level. Additional linear constraints are used to form the main-lobe. The design problem is formulated as a semi-infinite quadratic program and solved by using the new front-end applied on top of a software package for conventional finite-dimensional quadratic programming. The proposed optimization technique is applied to several numerical examples dealing with the design of a narrow-band base-station antenna array for mobile communication. The flexibility and numerical efficiency of the proposed design technique are illustrated with these examples where even hundreds of antenna elements are optimized without numerical difficulties.
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- Dahl, Mattias, et al.
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Acoustic Echo and Noise Cancelling using Microphone Arrays
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a new method to simultaneously perform 20 dB acoustic echo cancellation and 10 dB speech enhancement utilizing an adaptive microphone array. The system is based on a fast and efficient on-site calibration. Primarily intended for handsfree telephones in automobiles, the microphone array system simultaneously emphasizes the near-end talker and suppresses the handsfree loudspeaker and car noise. The method can also be used in other situations such as conventional speaker phones.
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- Dahl, Mattias, et al.
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Acoustic Echo Cancelling with Michrophone Arrays
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report describes a novel method to perform acoustic echo cancelling with microphone arrays. The method employs a digital self-calibrating microphone system. The on-site calibration process is a simple indirect calibration which adapts in each special case to the environment and electronic equipment. The method also continuously takes into account environmental disturbances such as car engine noise and fan noise. The method is primarily aimed at handsfree mobile telephones, by suppressing the handsfree loudspeaker and car noise simultaneously. The report also contains an extensive evaluation in a car.
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- Dahl, Mattias, et al.
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Acoustic Noise and Echo Canceling with Microphone Array
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Ingår i: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. - New York : Institute of electrical and electronics engineers. - 0018-9545. ; 48:5, s. 1518-1526
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A novel method of performing acoustic echo canceling using microphone arrays is presented. The method employs a digital self-calibrating microphone system. The calibration process is a simple indirect on-site calibration that adapts to the particulars of the acoustic environment and the electronic equipment in use. Primarily intended for handsfree telephones in automobiles, the method simultaneously suppresses the handsfree loudspeaker and car noise. The system also continuously takes into account disturbances such as fan noise. Examples from an extensive evaluation in a car are also included. Typical performance results demonstrate 20-dB echo cancellation and 10-dB noise reduction simultaneously.
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- Dahl, Mattias
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Acoustic Noise and Echo Cancelling : Microphone Array Methods and Applications
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This Licentiate thesis is divided into three parts corresponding to three different papers. There is one research report, one conference paper and one submitted journal paper. All three parts deal with acoustic echo and/or noise cancelling problems when using adaptive microphone arrays. In particular, the papers address the performance of an adaptive microphone array in a small enclosure such as the car cabin. A calibrating scheme is proposed which is independent of array geometry and channel matching, and which calibrates the adaptive array to the given acoustic environment and to the given electronic equipment. Results from real measurements in a car interior are included and compared with an analytical description of an adaptive microphone array. Part A gives an analytical description of an adaptive microphone array which facilitates a simple built-in calibration to the environment and instrumentation. Part B describes the method for performing acoustic echo cancelling with a dig-ital "on-site", "self-calibrating" microphone array system. The calibration process is a simple indirect calibration which continuously adapts to the actual environment and electronic equipment. There is a US patent based on this part and an international patent is currently under examination. Part C presents a neural network based microphone array system, which is capable to continuously perform speech enhancement and adaptation to nonuniform quantization, such as A-law and µ-law.
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