G10K11/17854

ACTIVE VIBRATION NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS
20170365246 · 2017-12-21 · ·

There are provided a control signal generation unit 120 that generates a control signal on the basis of a cosine wave signal and a sine wave signal whose frequencies are a control frequency identified according to a vibration noise source, and a correction value update unit that updates a correction value to a value for decreasing signal power of an error signal on the basis of a relationship between increase and decrease of the signal power of the error signal obtained from remaining vibration noise that remains after interference sound that is generated on the basis of the control signal and propagates through a secondary route interferes with vibration noise generated from the vibration noise source and increase and decrease of the correction value used for correction of the control frequency.

MITIGATION OF UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN AN ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEM
20170365245 · 2017-12-21 ·

The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a portion of a feedback signal of an active noise control (ANC) system, and processing the portion of the feedback signal using an adaptive line enhancer (ALE) filter to detect a tonal signature. The method also includes determining, by one or more processing devices, that the tonal signature represents an unstable condition, and responsive to determining that the tonal signature represents an unstable condition, generating one or more control signals for adjusting one or more parameters of the ANC system, to mitigate the unstable condition.

Context aware compressor for headphone audio feedback path

A processor is configured to perform headphone playback with a playback audio signal. The processor produces a feedback signal from an internal microphone, compresses the feedback signal according to a variable compressor setting, and determines a context of usage of the headphone, as being one of running or jogging, transportation, and critical listening. In response, the processor changes the variable compressor setting and drives the headphone speaker with the compressed feedback signal combined with the playback audio signal. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

WIND NOISE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
20230197050 · 2023-06-22 ·

A system for wind noise suppression is disclosed. The system comprising a first and a second primary microphone configured to generate a first and a second primary electric signal indicative of a first and second primary audio signal, respectively. The system further comprises a secondary detector configured to generate a first secondary electric signal indicative of a secondary audio signal. The system comprises a signal processor comprising a wind strength module configured to determine a wind strength, based on the first primary electric signal and the second primary electric signal, a wind noise module configured to determine a noise estimate, based on the wind strength, and a noise reduction module configured to process the first secondary electric signal to generate a noise-suppressed secondary signal, based on the determined noise estimate.

ADAPTIVE ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION FOR A STEREO AUDIO SIGNAL
20230197051 · 2023-06-22 ·

Techniques for adaptively providing acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) for a stereo audio signal associated with at least one microphone are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include determining, based at least in part on detecting a reference signal associated with a channel sample portion of the stereo audio signal, a panning state of the stereo audio signal. A hard-panned-configured AEC processing filter or a soft-panned-configured AEC processing filter is applied to the stereo audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal output based on the panning state.

SOUND CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

A method for controlling a sound control device in a vehicle includes obtaining at least one of a reference signal obtained from a sensor or an error signal obtained from a sound signal of a microphone, estimating a road surface environment corresponding to a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling based on the reference signal, and adjusting a gain for generating a noise control signal having a magnitude within a preset range based on at least one of the road surface environment or the error signal.

SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOISE ENVIRONMENT OF VEHICLE

The present disclosure provides a device and method for simulating a noise environment of a vehicle. The simulation system includes a memory configured to store a reference sample signal and a noise sample signal, a speaker configured to convert an electrical signal into a sound wave and output the sound wave, and a control unit configured to generate a reference signal based on the reference sample signal, generate a noise signal based on the noise sample signal, transmit the reference signal to a noise control system, output the noise signal through the speaker, and adjust at least one of a transmission time of a next reference signal or an output time of a next noise signal based on a reception time at which the noise control system receives the reference signal and a measurement time at which the noise control system measures the noise signal.

Sound processing apparatus, control method, and recording medium
11682377 · 2023-06-20 · ·

A sound processing apparatus includes a first microphone which acquires environmental sound, a second microphone which acquires sound of a noise source, and a CPU which causes the sound processing apparatus to function as a noise detection unit configured to generate a noise signal of the noise source according to a sound signal from the second microphone, the noise detection unit reducing sound other than noise of the noise source from the sound signal from the second microphone and generating the noise signal, and a noise reducing unit configured to reduce the noise of the noise included in a sound signal from the first microphone using the sound signal from the noise detection unit.

Active noise reduction system and method, and storage medium

An active noise reduction system and method, and a storage medium are provided. In the system, a first signal acquisition circuitry acquires an external noise signal at a noise cancellation spot, and transmits the acquired external noise signal to a noise control system including a first frequency nonlinear transformation circuitry, a first filter circuitry and an inverter. The first frequency nonlinear transformation circuitry receives the external noise signal, and expands at least one target frequency band of the external noise signal based on a frequency nonlinear transformation mapping function to generate a first transformed external noise signal, the first filter circuitry filters the first transformed external noise signal to generate a filtered external noise signal, and the inverter performs inversion on the filtered external noise signal to generate a noise cancellation signal; and the signal output circuitry receives and outputs the noise cancellation signal to cancel an actual noise.

Managing Characteristics of Active Noise Reduction
20230186892 · 2023-06-15 ·

A first input signal captured by one or more sensors associated with an ANR headphone is received. A frequency domain representation of the first input signal is computed for a set of discrete frequencies, based on which a set of parameters is generated for a digital filter disposed in an ANR signal flow path of the ANR headphone, the set of parameters being such that a loop gain of the ANR signal flow path substantially matches a target loop gain. Generating the set of parameters comprises: adjusting a response of the digital filter at frequencies (e.g., spanning between 200 Hz-5 kHz). A response of at least 3 second order sections of the digital filter is adjusted. A second input signal in the ANR signal flow path is processed using the generated set of parameters to generate an output signal for driving the electroacoustic transducer of the ANR headphone.