Signal processing device, program, and range hood device

• US 10,229,666 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2015
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hanazono, Masaya, Yamada, Wakio
• Primary Examiner(s): Savani, Avinash
• Application Number:
  US15/501,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20170229111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,342 Days
• Field of Search: 126299 R
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/20 Removing cooking fumes parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels for withdrawing or condensing cooking vapours from such vessels A47J36/38
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/2042 Devices for removing cooking fumes structurally associated with a cooking range e.g. downdraft F24C15/2007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17817 between the output signals and the error signals, i.e. secondary path
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17819 between the output signals and the reference signals, e.g. to prevent howling
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17823 Reference signals, e.g. ambient acoustic environment
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17853 of the filter
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17854 the filter being an adaptive filter
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17855 for improving speed or power requirements
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17881 the reference signal being an acoustic signal, e.g. recorded with a microphone
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/105 Appliances, e.g. washing machines or dishwashers
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3016 Control strategies, e.g. energy minimization or intensity measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3026 Feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3027 Feedforward
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3028 Filtering, e.g. Kalman filters or special analogue or digital filters

Abstract

A signal processing device includes a coefficient updater configured to calculate a filter coefficient based on a reference signal, an error signal, and an update parameter to set the filter coefficient in a noise cancelling filter. A parameter adjuster adjusts the update parameter according to fluctuation of the reference signal produced from an output of a reference microphone.

Claims

1. A signal processing device used in combination with a sound input/output device including

a first sound input device disposed in a space in which noise output from a noise source propagates, the first sound input device being configured to collect the noise,

a sound output device configured to receive a cancellation signal to output a cancelling sound for cancelling the noise to the space, and

a second sound input device configured to collect a synthesis sound of the noise and the cancelling sound in the space,

the signal processing device, comprising:

a cancellation signal generator which includes a sound cancelling filter having a filter coefficient and which is configured to receive a first signal generated based on an output of the first sound input device to output the cancellation signal;

a first signal converter configured to output a second signal obtained by correcting the first signal based on a transfer function of an acoustic passage from the sound output device to the second sound input device;

a coefficient updater configured to

calculate a new filter coefficient based on the second signal, a third signal generated from an output of the second sound input device, and an update parameter relating to a magnitude of a correction amount of the filter coefficient, and

update the filter coefficient of the sound cancelling filter to the new filter coefficient; and

a parameter adjuster configured to adjust the update parameter in response to output fluctuation of the first sound input device.

2. The signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein

as the update parameter decreases, a convergence time period of a process for calculating the new filter coefficient by the coefficient updater increases, and

the parameter adjuster reduces a value of the update parameter when a signal intensity of the output of the first sound input device increases, whereas the parameter adjuster increases the value of the update parameter when the signal intensity of the output of the first sound input device decreases.

3. The signal processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second signal converter configured to convert signals in a time domain output from the second sound input device into a signal in a frequency domain to generate the third signal, wherein

the first signal converter is configured to convert signals in a time domain into a signal in a frequency domain to output the signal in the frequency domain as the second signal,

the sound cancelling filter is configured to divide a predetermined frequency band into a plurality of frequency bins and has a plurality of the filter coefficients each for a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins,

the coefficient updater is configured to calculate the plurality of the filter coefficients each for the corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins in a frequency domain, and

the parameter adjuster is configured to adjust a plurality of the update parameters each corresponding to an associated one of the plurality of frequency bins.

4. The signal processing device according to claim 3, wherein

the parameter adjuster uses fluctuation of a plurality of the second signals as output fluctuation of the first sound input device to adjust the update parameters based on the fluctuation of the plurality of the second signals.

5. The signal processing device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a statistical processor configured to

obtain signal intensities each for a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins from a predetermined number of samples of a plurality of the second signals and

generate a fourth signal through statistical processing for setting one of the signal intensities which has a maximum value as a signal intensity of a frequency bin for each of the plurality of frequency bins; and

a corrector configured to correct the fourth signal based on a ratio of a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a first number of samples to a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a second number of samples larger than the first number of samples, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using the fourth signal including corrected in the corrector.

6. The signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program causing a computer to function as the signal processing device according to claim 1.

8. A range hood device, comprising:

an air passage which is hollow;

an air blowing device configured to generate an airflow from a first end toward a second end of the air passage;

a first sound input device disposed in the air passage to collect noise generated from the air blowing device;

a sound output device configured to receive a cancellation signal to output a cancelling sound for cancelling the noise in the air passage;

a second sound input device configured to collect a synthesis sound of the noise and the cancelling sound in the air passage; and

the signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the second sound input device, the sound output device, and the first sound input device are arranged in this order from the first end toward the second end of the air passage.

9. The signal processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a second signal converter configured to convert signals in a time domain output from the second sound input device into a signal in a frequency domain to generate the third signal, wherein

the first signal converter is configured to convert signals in a time domain into a signal in a frequency domain to output the signal in the frequency domain as the second signal,

the sound cancelling filter is configured to divide a predetermined frequency band into a plurality of frequency bins and has a plurality of the filter coefficients each for a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins,

the coefficient updater is configured to calculate the plurality of the filter coefficients each for the corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins in a frequency domain, and

the parameter adjuster is configured to adjust a plurality of the update parameters each corresponding to an associated one of the plurality of frequency bins.

10. The signal processing device according to claim 9, wherein

the parameter adjuster uses fluctuation of a plurality of the second signals as output fluctuation of the first sound input device to adjust the update parameters based on the fluctuation of the plurality of the second signals.

11. The signal processing device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a statistical processor configured to

obtain signal intensities each for a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins from a predetermined number of samples of a plurality of the second signals and

generate a fourth signal through statistical processing for setting one of the signal intensities which has a maximum value as a signal intensity of a frequency bin for each of the plurality of frequency bins; and

a corrector configured to correct the fourth signal based on a ratio of a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a first number of samples to a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a second number of samples larger than the first number of samples, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using the fourth signal including corrected in the corrector.

12. The signal processing device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a statistical processor configured to

obtain signal intensities each for a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins from a predetermined number of samples of a plurality of the second signals and

generate a fourth signal through statistical processing for setting one of the signal intensities which has a maximum value as a signal intensity of a frequency bin for each of the plurality of frequency bins; and

a corrector configured to correct the fourth signal based on a ratio of a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a first number of samples to a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a second number of samples larger than the first number of samples, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using the fourth signal including corrected in the corrector.

13. The signal processing device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a statistical processor configured to

obtain signal intensities each for a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency bins from a predetermined number of samples of a plurality of the second signals and

generate a fourth signal through statistical processing for setting one of the signal intensities which has a maximum value as a signal intensity of a frequency bin for each of the plurality of frequency bins; and

a corrector configured to correct the fourth signal based on a ratio of a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a first number of samples to a signal intensity of a signal generated through the statistical processing when a total number of samples of the second signals is a second number of samples larger than the first number of samples, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using the fourth signal including corrected in the corrector.

14. The signal processing device according to claims 2, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

15. The signal processing device according to claims 3, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

16. The signal processing device according to claims 4, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

17. The signal processing device according to claims 5, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

18. The signal processing device according to claims 9, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

19. The signal processing device according to claims 10, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.

20. The signal processing device according to claims 11, wherein

the parameter adjuster determines the update parameter by using a forgetting factor.