Spatial noise suppression for a microphone array

A noise reduction system and a method of noise reduction includes a microphone array comprising a first microphone, a second microphone, and a third microphone. Each microphone has a known position and a known directivity pattern. An instantaneous direction-of-arrival (IDOA) module determines a firs...

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Main Authors Acero, Alejandro, Tashev, Ivan J, Seltzer, Michael L
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Abstract A noise reduction system and a method of noise reduction includes a microphone array comprising a first microphone, a second microphone, and a third microphone. Each microphone has a known position and a known directivity pattern. An instantaneous direction-of-arrival (IDOA) module determines a first phase difference quantity and a second phase difference quantity. The first phase difference quantity is based on phase differences between non-repetitive pairs of input signals received by the first microphone and the second microphone, while the second phase difference quantity is based on phase differences between non-repetitive pairs of input signals received by the first microphone and the third microphone. A spatial noise reduction module computes an estimate of a desired signal based on a priori spatial signal-to-noise ratio and an a posteriori spatial signal-to-noise ratio based on the first and second phase difference quantities.
AbstractList A noise reduction system and a method of noise reduction includes a microphone array comprising a first microphone, a second microphone, and a third microphone. Each microphone has a known position and a known directivity pattern. An instantaneous direction-of-arrival (IDOA) module determines a first phase difference quantity and a second phase difference quantity. The first phase difference quantity is based on phase differences between non-repetitive pairs of input signals received by the first microphone and the second microphone, while the second phase difference quantity is based on phase differences between non-repetitive pairs of input signals received by the first microphone and the third microphone. A spatial noise reduction module computes an estimate of a desired signal based on a priori spatial signal-to-noise ratio and an a posteriori spatial signal-to-noise ratio based on the first and second phase difference quantities.
Author Acero, Alejandro
Tashev, Ivan J
Seltzer, Michael L
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