EP2012725A4 - Narrow band noise reduction for speech enhancement - Google Patents

Narrow band noise reduction for speech enhancement

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EP2012725A4
EP2012725A4 EP07759884A EP07759884A EP2012725A4 EP 2012725 A4 EP2012725 A4 EP 2012725A4 EP 07759884 A EP07759884 A EP 07759884A EP 07759884 A EP07759884 A EP 07759884A EP 2012725 A4 EP2012725 A4 EP 2012725A4
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Prior art keywords
noise reduction
narrow band
band noise
speech enhancement
speech
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2012725A2 (en
Inventor
Xiadong Mao
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc
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Priority claimed from US11/381,727 external-priority patent/US7697700B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,728 external-priority patent/US7545926B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,729 external-priority patent/US7809145B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,721 external-priority patent/US8947347B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/418,988 external-priority patent/US8160269B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,724 external-priority patent/US8073157B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,725 external-priority patent/US7783061B2/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US2006/017483 external-priority patent/WO2006121896A2/en
Priority claimed from US11/418,989 external-priority patent/US8139793B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/429,047 external-priority patent/US8233642B2/en
Application filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc filed Critical Sony Computer Entertainment Inc
Publication of EP2012725A2 publication Critical patent/EP2012725A2/en
Publication of EP2012725A4 publication Critical patent/EP2012725A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/02—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
    • G10L21/0208—Noise filtering
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M9/00—Arrangements for interconnection not involving centralised switching
    • H04M9/08—Two-way loud-speaking telephone systems with means for conditioning the signal, e.g. for suppressing echoes for one or both directions of traffic
    • H04M9/082—Two-way loud-speaking telephone systems with means for conditioning the signal, e.g. for suppressing echoes for one or both directions of traffic using echo cancellers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/02—Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
    • G10L21/0208—Noise filtering
    • G10L21/0216—Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise
    • G10L2021/02161—Number of inputs available containing the signal or the noise to be suppressed
    • G10L2021/02163—Only one microphone
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L25/00—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00
    • G10L25/03—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 characterised by the type of extracted parameters
    • G10L25/18—Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band
EP07759884A 2006-05-04 2007-03-30 Narrow band noise reduction for speech enhancement Withdrawn EP2012725A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (11)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11/381,721 US8947347B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Controlling actions in a video game unit
US11/418,988 US8160269B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatuses for adjusting a listening area for capturing sounds
US11/381,724 US8073157B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization
US11/381,727 US7697700B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Noise removal for electronic device with far field microphone on console
PCT/US2006/017483 WO2006121896A2 (en) 2005-05-05 2006-05-04 Microphone array based selective sound source listening and video game control
US11/381,728 US7545926B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Echo and noise cancellation
US11/429,047 US8233642B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatuses for capturing an audio signal based on a location of the signal
US11/418,989 US8139793B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for capturing audio signals based on a visual image
US11/381,725 US7783061B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for the targeted sound detection
US11/381,729 US7809145B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Ultra small microphone array
PCT/US2007/065701 WO2007130766A2 (en) 2006-05-04 2007-03-30 Narrow band noise reduction for speech enhancement

Publications (2)

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EP2012725A2 EP2012725A2 (en) 2009-01-14
EP2012725A4 true EP2012725A4 (en) 2011-10-12

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WO (2) WO2007130766A2 (en)

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