Microphone apparatus, noise reduction method and recording apparatus

• US 20050063553A1
• Filed: 07/31/2004
• Published: 03/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Kazuhiko
• Application Number:
  US10/903,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20050063553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/92
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/005 for combining the signals of two or more microphones specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407

Abstract

To achieve vibration-dependent noise reduction by the use of a microphone to pick up an audio signal and a vibration sensor. The microphone apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is one having one or more microphone, one or more sensor, noise extraction means for extracting the noise bandwidth section from the output signal of the sensor, an adaptive filter coordinated with the microphone for receiving the output signal of the noise extraction means as the reference input signal, and an adder for subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the microphone, wherein the vibration detection directions of the microphone and the sensor match, and so do the output polarities of the vibration signal.

Claims

1. A microphone apparatus comprising:

at least one microphone;

at least one sensor;

noise extraction means for extracting a noise bandwidth section from an output signal from the sensor;

adaptive filter corresponding to the microphone which receives the output signal of the noise extraction means as a reference input signal; and

operation means for subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the respective microphone;

wherein

directions of vibration detection of the microphone and the sensor match, or output polarities of the vibration signals of the microphone and the sensor match.

2. A microphone apparatus comprising:

a plurality of microphones;

at least one sensor;

first operation means for outputting a differential component between the output signals of the plurality of microphones;

noise extraction means for extracting a noise bandwidth section from the output signal of the first operation means;

adaptive filter corresponding to each microphone for receiving the output signal of the noise extraction means as a reference signal; and

second operation means for subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of each microphone;

wherein;

directions of vibration detection of the microphone and the sensor match, or, in addition, output polarities of the vibration signals of the microphone and the sensor match; and

noise reduction is inhibited by not carrying out the subtraction by the second operation means if the signal level of the sensor is equal to a designated level or lower.

3. A noise reduction method of a microphone apparatus having at least one microphone;

at least one sensor;

a noise extraction means for extracting a noise bandwidth section from an output signal from the sensor;

an adaptive filter corresponding to the microphone receiving the output signal of the noise extraction means as a reference input signal; and

an operation means for subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the respective microphone;

wherein directions of vibration detection of the microphone and the sensor match, or in addition output polarities of the vibration signals of the microphone and the sensor match;

the method comprising the steps of;

extracting a noise bandwidth section from the output signal of the sensor by means of the noise extraction means;

outputting a pseudo noise signal corresponding to each microphone by inputting the output signal of the noise extraction means by means the adaptive filter, and

subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the respective microphone by the operation means.

4. A noise reduction method for a microphone apparatus having a plurality of microphones;

at least one sensor;

a first operation means for outputting a differential component between output signals from the plurality of microphones;

a noise extraction means for extracting a noise bandwidth section from an output signal of the first operation means;

an adaptive filter corresponding to each microphone for receiving an output signal of the noise extraction means as a reference signal; and

second operation means for subtracting an output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of each microphone;

wherein directions of vibration detection of the microphone and the sensor match, or in addition output polarities of the vibration signals of the microphone and the sensor match;

the method comprising the steps of;

outputting a differential component between the output signals of the plurality of microphones by means of the first operation means;

extracting a noise bandwidth section in the output signal of the first operation means;

outputting a pseudo noise signal corresponding to each microphone with the output signal of the noise extraction means as the reference input signal by means of the adaptive filter;

subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the respective microphone by means of the second operation means; and

prohibiting the subtraction by the second operation means if the signal level of the sensor is equal to a designated level or lower.

5. A microphone apparatus comprising:

at least one microphone;

at least one sensor;

noise extraction means for extracting a noise bandwidth section from an output signal of the sensor;

adaptive filter for the microphone receiving the output signal of the noise extraction means as the reference input signal; and

operation means for subtracting the output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the respective microphone, thereby recording the output signal of the microphone on a recording medium by means of a recording means which is driven by a driving means;

wherein

vibration detection directions of the microphone and the sensor match, or, in addition, output polarities of the vibration signals of the microphone and the sensor match.

6. A recording apparatus for recording an output signal of a microphone apparatus having a plurality of microphones;

at least one sensor;

first operation means for outputting difference components between output signals of the plurality of microphones;

noise extraction means for extracting a noise bandwidth section from an output signal of the first operation means;

an adaptive filter for each microphone for receiving the output signal of the respective microphone as a reference input signal; and

second operation means for subtracting an output signal of the adaptive filter from the output signal of the respective microphone;

wherein;

vibration detection directions of the microphone and the sensor in the microphone apparatus match, or output polarities of the vibration signals of the microphone and the sensor match; and

noise reduction is prohibited by not performing subtraction by the second operation means if a signal level of the sensor is equal to a designated level or lower.