Active noise cancellation systems with convergence detection

• Main Author: Jain, Ankita D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.11.2021
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION

An input signal representative of an undesired acoustic noise in a region is captured by one or more first sensors and processed to generate a cancellation signal. An output signal is generated based on the cancelation signal to cause one or more acoustic transducers to cancel, at least in part, the undesired acoustic noise in the region. A feedback signal representative of residual acoustic noise in the region is captured by one or more second sensors. A characteristic of each of the feedback signal, the cancellation signal, and a combination of the cancellation signal and the feedback signal is determined. One or more thresholds are compared to a ratio of (i) the characteristic of the combination of the cancellation signal and the feedback signal and (ii) a combination of the characteristic of the feedback signal and the characteristic of the cancellation signal to determine a convergence state.