A speech intelligibility system. Embodiments comprise a talker unit, a listener unit and an earpiece. The talker unit includes a microphone to receive audible speech content and to produce electrical signals representative of the speech content, and a transmitter coupled to the microphone to produce wireless transmissions containing the speech content. The listener unit includes a receiver to receive the wireless transmissions and to produce electrical signals representative of the speech content. At least one of the talker unit and the listener unit includes an amplifier to amplify spectral components of the speech content within a frequency range having a lower end between about 800 Hz and 1,700 Hz and an upper end between about 7,000 Hz and 11,000 Hz. The earpiece is coupled to the listener unit and includes a speaker to produce audible speech content having the amplified spectral components and a tube to direct the audible speech content from the speaker toward a user's ear canal.

This disclosure relates to solutions for eliminating undesired audio artifacts, such as background noises, on an audio channel. A process for implementing the technology can include receiving a set of audio segments, analyzing the segments using a first ML model to identify a first probability of unwanted background noises in the segments, and if the first probability exceeds a threshold, analyzing the segments using a second ML model to determine a second probability that the one or more background features exist in the segments. In some aspects, the process can include attenuating audio artifacts in the segments, if the second probability exceeds a second threshold. In some implementations, dynamic time stretching and shrinking can be applied to the noise attenuation. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

A vehicular sound processing system includes a plurality of interior microphones that detect interior sound emanating from within the interior cabin of the vehicle, and a plurality of exterior microphones that detect exterior sound emanating from exterior the vehicle. The interior microphones also detect exterior sound. A sound processor processes exterior microphone signals to determine exterior sound detected by the exterior microphones. The sound processor processes interior microphone signals to distinguish voices of occupants present within the interior cabin from non-vocal sound emanating from within the interior cabin and from exterior sound emanating from exterior the vehicle. The sound processor processes the exterior microphone signals to determine a sound of interest emanating from exterior of the vehicle. Responsive to determination of the sound of interest, the sound of interest is played by loudspeakers so that a driver of the vehicle can hear the sound of interest.

Systems and methods are provided for conducting conference calls using doppler-based, i.e., reverberation-based techniques. The embodiments comprise a call device performing operations to join a call session hosted on a session server; receive sensor data comprising an audio signal from a first microphone and location information associated with the first microphone; determine a reverberation parameter associated with the location information; generate a first processed audio signal based on the audio signal and the reverberation parameter; and transmit the first processed audio signal to the session server. The session server may perform operations to receive a respective processed audio signal; determine a sound quality parameter of the respective processed audio signal; generate a balanced audio signal based on the sound quality parameter and the received processed audio signal; and transmit the balanced audio signal to a remote call device belonging to a second party.

Systems and methods for suppressing noise and detecting voice input in a multi-channel audio signal captured by a plurality of microphones include (i) capturing a first audio signal via a first microphone and a second audio signal via a second microphone, wherein the first and second audio signals respectively comprises first and second noise content from a noise source; (ii) identifying the first noise content in the first audio signal; (iii) using the identified first noise content to determine an estimated noise content captured by the plurality of microphones; (iv) using the estimated noise content to suppress the first and second noise content in the first and second audio signals; (v) combining the suppressed first and second audio signals into a third audio signal; and (vi) determining that the third audio signal includes a voice input comprising a wake word.

A speakerphone is disclosed. The speakerphone comprises an interface, a speaker, one or more microphones including a first microphone, a processor, and a memory. The speakerphone is configured to obtain an internal output signal for provision of an internal audio output signal in an environment. The speakerphone is configured to output the internal audio output signal in the environment. The speakerphone is configured to obtain a microphone input signal. The speakerphone is configured to determine an impulse response associated with the environment. The speakerphone is configured to determine one or more environment parameters indicative of acoustics of the environment. The speakerphone is configured to determine an environment score indicative of suitability of a conference setup in the environment. The speakerphone is configured to output the environment score.

A speakerphone is disclosed. The speakerphone comprises an interface, a speaker, one or more microphones including a first microphone, a processor, and a memory. The speakerphone is configured to obtain an internal output signal for provision of an internal audio output signal in an environment. The speakerphone is configured to output the internal audio output signal in the environment. The speakerphone is configured to obtain a microphone input signal. The speakerphone is configured to determine an impulse response associated with the environment. The speakerphone is configured to determine one or more environment parameters indicative of acoustics of the environment. The speakerphone is configured to transmit the impulse response and/or the first environment parameter to a server device.

An electronic device and a method for controlling same are provided. The present electronic device comprises: a communication unit; and a processor configured to receive multiple audio signals via the communication unit, the multiple audio signals being acquired by multiple external electronic devices which have microphones, respectively, and which are positioned at different places, via microphones thereof, the processor being configured to determine at least one audio signal including a user voice uttered by a user among the multiple audio signals and to perform voice recognition regarding an audio signal acquired from the determined audio signals on the basis of the intensity of the determined audio signals.

An In-Car Communication (ICC) system supports the communication paths within a car by receiving the speech signals of a speaking passenger and playing it back for one or more listening passengers. Signal processing tasks are split into a microphone related part and into a loudspeaker related part. A sound processing system suitable for use in a vehicle having multiple acoustic zones includes a plurality of microphone In-Car Communication (Mic-ICC) instances coupled and a plurality of loudspeaker In-Car Communication (Ls-ICC) instances. The system further includes a dynamic audio routing matrix with a controller and coupled to the Mic-ICC instances, a mixer coupled to the plurality of Mic-ICC instances and a distributor coupled to the Ls-ICC instances.

The application discloses a multichannel echo cancellation circuit and method and smart device. The multichannel echo cancellation circuit comprises signal extraction circuits, one ends of which are connected to the audio channels of the corresponding loudspeakers, to extract part of the audio signals from the audio channels of the corresponding loudspeakers as echo cancellation reference signals; the other ends of the signal extraction circuits are connected to the isolating circuits; the isolating circuits are interconnected to form one noise channel by which the echo cancellation reference signals extracted by each of the signal extraction circuits are formed into one channel of noise signal and then outputted to the processor; and the processor subtracts the noise signal from the sound signal collected by the microphone according to the noise signal inputted and a sound signal collected by a microphone, to obtain a signal that has been denoised.