Acoustic echo cancellation in an integrated audio and telecommunication system
First Claim
1. In a telecommunication system having a near-end zone and a far-end zone, a near-end intercom system having a near-end microphone that senses sound in the near-end zone and a near-end loudspeaker that outputs sound into the near-end zone, and a far-end intercom system having a far-end microphone that senses sound in the far-end zone, and a far-end loudspeaker that outputs sound into the far-end zone, the improvement comprising:
- a near-end audio summer that inputs a far-end voice signal from the far-end intercom system and an audio signal from an audio system, and outputs a near-end input signal that is transmitted to the near-end loudspeaker;
an adaptive near-end acoustic echo canceller that receives the near-end input signal and outputs a near-end echo cancellation signal;
a near-end echo cancellation summer that inputs a near-end output signal from a near-end microphone and the near-end echo cancellation signal from the near-end acoustic echo canceller, and outputs an echo-cancelled, near-end voice signal to the far-end intercom system; and
a multiplier that receives the echo-cancelled, near-end voice signal and a regressor signal, and outputs an update signal to adapt the acoustic echo canceller;
wherein the regressor signal is formed by the combination of one or more of the far-end voice signal, the audio signal and a random noise signal.
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Abstract
Robust acoustic echo cancellation in a single-channel integrated audio and intercom system is provided by adapting echo cancellation filters in accordance with an optimized autocorrelation matrix. This is carried out in a modified FIR LMS filter in which the adaptation regressor signal is formed by a combination of one or more of the received voice signal, the received audio signal, and/or a random noise signal. In a SISO system, it is usually desirable to shelter the regressor signal from tonal components such as voice signals. In a multiple-channel system, it is usually desirable to shelter regressor signals for a particular channel from acoustic components that are likely to be correlated to acoustic components in other parts of the system and are likely to affect that particular channel. In multi-channel applications, it is therefore usually desirable to shelter regressor signals from audio signals.
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22 Claims
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1. In a telecommunication system having a near-end zone and a far-end zone, a near-end intercom system having a near-end microphone that senses sound in the near-end zone and a near-end loudspeaker that outputs sound into the near-end zone, and a far-end intercom system having a far-end microphone that senses sound in the far-end zone, and a far-end loudspeaker that outputs sound into the far-end zone, the improvement comprising:
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a near-end audio summer that inputs a far-end voice signal from the far-end intercom system and an audio signal from an audio system, and outputs a near-end input signal that is transmitted to the near-end loudspeaker; an adaptive near-end acoustic echo canceller that receives the near-end input signal and outputs a near-end echo cancellation signal; a near-end echo cancellation summer that inputs a near-end output signal from a near-end microphone and the near-end echo cancellation signal from the near-end acoustic echo canceller, and outputs an echo-cancelled, near-end voice signal to the far-end intercom system; and a multiplier that receives the echo-cancelled, near-end voice signal and a regressor signal, and outputs an update signal to adapt the acoustic echo canceller; wherein the regressor signal is formed by the combination of one or more of the far-end voice signal, the audio signal and a random noise signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A multi-channel telecommunications system comprising:
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a plurality of zones; one or more speaking locations in each zone; a plurality of microphones, each sensing speech at a respective speaking location and outputting a voice signal; an audio source that provides a plurality of audio signals; a plurality of acoustic echo cancellers, each outputting an echo cancellation signal and being capable of inputting a combined voice and audio signal from the audio source and a respective microphone; a plurality of speakers, each inputting one of the combined voice and audio signals and introducing sound into a respective zone at a respective speaking location; a plurality of echo cancellation summers, each corresponding to a respective microphone, each echo cancellation summer inputting the respective voice signal from the respective microphone and an echo cancellation signal from each adaptive echo canceller associated with the zone in which the microphone is located, and outputting an echo-cancelled voice signal; and a multiplier associated with each acoustic echo canceller, each multiplier receiving an echo-cancelled voice signal and a regressor signal, and outputting an update signal to the respective acoustic echo canceller; wherein the acoustic echo canceller inputs a combined voice and audio signal and the regressor signal does not include the audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. In a multi-channel telecommunications system having one or more speaking locations in a plurality of zones, a plurality of microphones, each sensing speech at a respective speaking location, and a plurality of loudspeakers, each introducing sound into a respective zone at a respective speaking location, a method of acoustic echo cancellation comprising the steps of:
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outputting a voice signal from each respective microphone in response to speech in the respective speaking location; combining each respective voice signal with one or more audio signals; transmitting each combined voice and audio signal to at least one speaker located in other zones; adaptively modeling the acoustic path between each speaker and each microphone located in each respective zone; cancelling the echo in a voice signal from each respective microphone by filtering the combined voice and audio signals transmitted to the speaker in the same speaking location through the respective adaptive model for the acoustic path and subtracting the filtered signal from the respective voice signal; and updating each adaptive model by multiplying the respective echo-cancelled voice signal by a regressor signal wherein the regressor signal is sheltered to not include any audio signal components. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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