Sound field spatial stabilizer with structured noise compensation
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a spatial image of a sound field received by two or more microphone signals, the determining the spatial image of the sound field comprising measuring an energy level of each of the two or more microphone signals, where each of the two or more microphone signals is from a corresponding one of two or more microphones;
detecting structured noise content in at least one of the two or more microphone signals; and
generating two or more output signals with a circuit by combining at least a portion of a first signal of the two or more microphone signals with a second signal of the two or more microphone signals responsive to the detected structured noise content in the at least one of the two or more microphone signals, where the generating the two or more output signals comprises causing a ratio of energy levels between two of the two or more output signals to match a ratio of the energy levels between two of the two or more microphone signals.
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Abstract
In a system and method for maintaining the spatial stability of a sound field a balance gain may be calculated for two or more microphone signals. The balance gain may be associated with a spatial image in the sound field. Signal values may be calculated for each of the microphone. The signal values may be signal estimates or signal gains calculated to improve a characteristic of the microphone signals. The differences between the signal values associated with each microphone signal may be limited although some difference between signal values may be allowable. One or more microphone signals are adjusted responsive to the two or more balance gains and the signal gains to maintain the spatial stability of the sound field. The adjustments of one or more microphone signals may include mixing of two or more microphone. The signal gains are applied to the two or more microphone signals.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a spatial image of a sound field received by two or more microphone signals, the determining the spatial image of the sound field comprising measuring an energy level of each of the two or more microphone signals, where each of the two or more microphone signals is from a corresponding one of two or more microphones; detecting structured noise content in at least one of the two or more microphone signals; and generating two or more output signals with a circuit by combining at least a portion of a first signal of the two or more microphone signals with a second signal of the two or more microphone signals responsive to the detected structured noise content in the at least one of the two or more microphone signals, where the generating the two or more output signals comprises causing a ratio of energy levels between two of the two or more output signals to match a ratio of the energy levels between two of the two or more microphone signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a balance calculator hardware configured to determine a spatial image of a sound field received by two or more microphone signals based on a measurement of one or more energy levels for each of the two or more microphone signals, where each of the two or more microphone signals is from a corresponding one of two or more microphones; a structured noise detector hardware configured to detect structured noise content in at least one of the two or more microphone signals; a channel mixer hardware configured to combine at least a portion of a first signal of the two or more microphone signals with a second signal of the two or more microphone signals responsive to the detected structured noise content in the at least one of the two or more microphone signals; and a plurality of gain filters configured to maintain the determined spatial image of the sound field received by the two or more microphone signals in a plurality of output signals by a gain adjustment of the two or more output signals in which a ratio of the energy levels between two of the two or more microphone signals is maintained between two of the two or more output signals, wherein the gain filters are configured to supply the channel mixer hardware or the channel mixer hardware is configured to supply the gain filters, and wherein the gain filters are configured to generate the output signals if the channel mixer hardware is configured to supply the gain filters and the channel mixer hardware is configured to generate the output signals if the gain filters are configured to supply the channel mixer hardware. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing a processor to:
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determine a spatial image of a sound field received by two or more microphone signals, where each of the two or more microphone signals is from a corresponding one of two or more microphones; detect structured noise content for at least one of the two or more microphone signals; generate two or more output signals based on a combination of at least a portion of a first signal of the two or more microphone signals with a second signal of the two or more microphone signals responsive to the structured noise content detected for the at least one of the two or more microphone signals; and maintain the determined spatial image of the sound field received by the two or more microphone signals in the two or more output signals by causing a ratio of energy levels between two of the two or more output signals to match a ratio of the energy levels between two of the two or more microphone signals.
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