G10K2210/3018

Noise-cancellation systems and methods

A road noise-cancellation system, comprising: an actuator disposed in a vehicle cabin; a controller comprising a processor and non-volatile memory, the controller being programmed to: generate a noise-cancellation signal with a noise-cancellation filter including a first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being based on the first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being transduced by the actuator to generate a noise-cancellation audio signal based on the noise-cancellation signal, the noise-cancellation audio signal destructively interfering with an undesired noise in a noise-cancellation zone; adjust the first plurality of coefficients of the noise-cancellation filter based on one or more input signals to provide a second plurality of coefficients; store the second plurality of coefficients in the non-volatile memory during a shutdown sequence or at the end of an interval; and restore the second plurality of coefficients from non-volatile memory to the noise-cancellation filter after (i) startup or (ii) determining that a third plurality of coefficients, provided by a second adjustment, are divergent or unstable.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOISE-CANCELLATION
20200193957 · 2020-06-18 · ·

A noise-cancellation system, including: a plurality of sensors, each sensor outputting a sensor signal; a controller configured to receive each sensor signal, and, for each sensor signal, to: determine a power of the sensor signal at a plurality of frequencies; determine a measure of association between the power of the sensor signal at the plurality of frequencies and frequency; and determine whether the measure of association exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the processor is further configured to compute a noise-cancellation signal using the sensor signals, wherein the noise-cancellation signal is computed excluding sensor signals that were determined to exceed the predetermined threshold; and at least one actuator receiving the noise-cancellation signal and producing a noise-cancellation audio signal.

NOISE-CANCELLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

A road noise-cancellation system, comprising: an actuator disposed in a vehicle cabin; a controller comprising a processor and non-volatile memory, the controller being programmed to: generate a noise-cancellation signal with a noise-cancellation filter including a first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being based on the first plurality of coefficients, the noise-cancellation signal being transduced by the actuator to generate a noise-cancellation audio signal based on the noise-cancellation signal, the noise-cancellation audio signal destructively interfering with an undesired noise in a noise-cancellation zone; adjust the first plurality of coefficients of the noise-cancellation filter based on one or more input signals to provide a second plurality of coefficients; store the second plurality of coefficients in the non-volatile memory during a shutdown sequence or at the end of an interval; and restore the second plurality of coefficients from non-volatile memory to the noise-cancellation filter after (i) startup or (ii) determining that a third plurality of coefficients, provided by a second adjustment, are divergent or unstable.

DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF A WIND WHISTLE
20240078992 · 2024-03-07 ·

An image capture device detects a wind whistle using two or more microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains microphone signals from the two or more microphones and measures coherence values between the microphone signals across a frequency band. The frequency band includes frequency bins, and the processor measures a coherence value for each frequency bin. Based on a detection of an elevated coherence value in a frequency bin, the processor determines the presence of a whistle. The processor attenuates the frequency bin based on a determination that the elevated coherence value is above a threshold.

Systems and method for noise-cancellation
10403263 · 2019-09-03 · ·

A noise-cancellation system, including: a plurality of sensors, each sensor outputting a sensor signal; a controller configured to receive each sensor signal, and, for each sensor signal, to: determine a power of the sensor signal at a plurality of frequencies; determine a measure of association between the power of the sensor signal at the plurality of frequencies and frequency; and determine whether the measure of association exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the processor is further configured to compute a noise-cancellation signal using the sensor signals, wherein the noise-cancellation signal is computed excluding sensor signals that were determined to exceed the predetermined threshold; and at least one actuator receiving the noise-cancellation signal and producing a noise-cancellation audio signal.

Signal processing device and signal processing device, and sound device
11996074 · 2024-05-28 · ·

Provided is a signal processing device that performs noise canceling by combining a feedforward method and a feedback method. A signal processing device includes: a correlation calculation unit that calculates a correlation between a first sound pickup signal by a first microphone installed outside a predetermined region and a second sound pickup signal by a second microphone installed in the predetermined region; a determination unit that determines the correlation; and a control unit that performs control based on a result of the determination. The control unit controls execution of signal processing for generating a cancellation signal to be output within the predetermined region from the first sound pickup signal and the second sound pickup signal or output of the cancellation signal.

Detection and mitigation of a wind whistle
11984109 · 2024-05-14 · ·

An image capture device detects a wind whistle using two or more microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains microphone signals from the two or more microphones and measures coherence values between the microphone signals across a frequency band. The frequency band includes frequency bins, and the processor measures a coherence value for each frequency bin. Based on a detection of an elevated coherence value in a frequency bin, the processor determines the presence of a whistle. The processor attenuates the frequency bin based on a determination that the elevated coherence value is above a threshold.

Active vibration and noise control device and active vibration and noise control circuit
10360893 · 2019-07-23 · ·

An active vibration and noise control device robust against outside disturbances, and an active vibration and noise control circuit are provided. An adaptive control circuit of this active vibration and noise control device has a cross-correlation value calculation unit which calculates the cross-correlation value of error signals, and a canceling output limiting unit which determines whether or not the cross-correlation value is less than a cross-correlation threshold value, and limits increases in the cancelling output if it is determined that the cross-correlation value is less than the cross-correlation threshold value.

Active vibration and noise control device and active vibration and noise control circuit
10322680 · 2019-06-18 · ·

An active vibration and noise control device robust against outside disturbances, and an active vibration and noise control circuit are provided. An adaptive control circuit of this active vibration and noise control device has autocorrelation value calculation units which calculate an autocorrelation value of an error signal or of a target signal, which is a reference signal or a standard signal, and a canceling output limiting unit which determines whether or not an autocorrelation value is less than an autocorrelation threshold value, and limits increases in the cancelling output if it is determined that the autocorrelation value is less than the autocorrelation threshold value.

Echo canceller with variable step-size control

An acoustic echo canceller (AEC) uses a simulated echo from an adaptive filter to cancel an actual echo from a real environment. The echo cancellation is optimal when the adaptive filter response accurately matches the environment response. This can be achieved by changing coefficients of the filter in a step-wise fashion until the filter is converged on a configuration that provides optimal results. The convergence of the filter can be negatively affected by interference due to a double talk event or by an event in which the environment is changed. The disclosed AEC is configured to respond to these disruptive events by adjusting a step-size of the adaptive algorithm used to change the coefficients.