FILTER ARCHITECTURE FOR AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELER IN A PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICE
First Claim
1. A personal audio device, comprising:
- a personal audio device housing;
a transducer mounted on the housing for reproducing an audio signal including both source audio for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer;
a reference microphone mounted on the housing for providing a reference microphone signal indicative of the ambient audio sounds; and
a processing circuit that generates the anti-noise signal from the reference microphone signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the processing circuit implements a partitioned filter that controls the generation of the anti-noise signal, wherein the filter is partitioned into a first filter portion having a fixed frequency response that is combined with a variable frequency response of a second filter portion, wherein the processing circuit shapes the spectrum of the anti-noise signal in conformity with the reference microphone signal to minimize the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener.
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Abstract
A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cancel ambient audio sounds. A processing circuit implements one or more adaptive filters that control the generation of the anti-noise signal. At least one of the adaptive filters is partitioned into a first portion having a fixed frequency response and a second portion having a variable frequency response. The partitioned filter may be an adaptive filter that generates the anti-noise signal directly from the reference microphone signal. An error microphone may be provided to measure the ambient sounds and transducer output near the transducer, and a secondary path adaptive filter included to generate an error signal from the error microphone signal, which may be partitioned, alone or in combination.
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42 Claims
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1. A personal audio device, comprising:
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a personal audio device housing; a transducer mounted on the housing for reproducing an audio signal including both source audio for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer; a reference microphone mounted on the housing for providing a reference microphone signal indicative of the ambient audio sounds; and a processing circuit that generates the anti-noise signal from the reference microphone signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the processing circuit implements a partitioned filter that controls the generation of the anti-noise signal, wherein the filter is partitioned into a first filter portion having a fixed frequency response that is combined with a variable frequency response of a second filter portion, wherein the processing circuit shapes the spectrum of the anti-noise signal in conformity with the reference microphone signal to minimize the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of canceling ambient audio sounds in the proximity of a transducer of a personal audio device, the method comprising:
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first measuring ambient audio sounds with a reference microphone to produce a reference microphone signal; adaptively generating an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds at an acoustic output of the transducer, to shape the spectrum of the anti-noise signal in conformity with the reference microphone signal to minimize the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the adaptively generating controls the generation of the anti-noise signal using a combined response of a first fixed filter response and a second variable filter response; and combining the anti-noise signal with a source audio signal to generate an audio signal provided to the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of a personal audio device, comprising:
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an output for providing a signal to a transducer including both source audio for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer; a reference microphone input for receiving a reference microphone signal indicative of the ambient audio sounds; and a processing circuit that generates the anti-noise signal from the reference microphone signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the processing circuit implements a partitioned filter that controls the generation of the anti-noise signal, wherein the filter is partitioned into a first filter portion having a fixed frequency response that is combined with a variable frequency response of a second filter portion, wherein the processing circuit shapes the spectrum of the anti-noise signal in conformity with the reference microphone signal to minimize the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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