Downlink tone detection and adaptation of a secondary path response model in an adaptive noise canceling system
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;
an error microphone mounted on the housing in proximity to the transducer for providing an error microphone signal indicative of the acoustic output of the transducer and the ambient audio sounds at the transducer; and
a processing circuit that generates the anti-noise signal by adapting a first adaptive filter to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener in conformity with the error microphone signal, wherein the processing circuit detects a frequency-dependent characteristic of the source audio that is predominantly a tone and independent of the ambient audio sounds using frequency selective filtering of the source audio and takes action to prevent improper generation of the anti-noise signal in response to detecting the characteristic of the source audio by halting adaptation of the first adaptive filter in response to detecting that the source audio is predominantly the tone.
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Abstract
An adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal that is injected into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone proximate the speaker provides an error signal. A secondary path estimating adaptive filter estimates the electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer so that source audio can be removed from the error signal. Tones in the source audio, such as remote ringtones, present in downlink audio during initiation of a telephone call, are detected by a tone detector using accumulated tone persistence and non-silence hangover counting, and adaptation of the secondary path estimating adaptive filter is halted to prevent adapting to the tones. Adaptation of the adaptive filters is then sequenced so any disruption of the secondary path adaptive filter response is removed before allowing the anti-noise generating filter to adapt.
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15 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; an error microphone mounted on the housing in proximity to the transducer for providing an error microphone signal indicative of the acoustic output of the transducer and the ambient audio sounds at the transducer; and a processing circuit that generates the anti-noise signal by adapting a first adaptive filter to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener in conformity with the error microphone signal, wherein the processing circuit detects a frequency-dependent characteristic of the source audio that is predominantly a tone and independent of the ambient audio sounds using frequency selective filtering of the source audio and takes action to prevent improper generation of the anti-noise signal in response to detecting the characteristic of the source audio by halting adaptation of the first adaptive filter in response to detecting that the source audio is predominantly the tone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of countering effects of ambient audio sounds by a personal audio device, the method comprising:
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adaptively generating an anti-noise signal by adapting a first adaptive filter to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener in conformity with an error microphone signal; combining the anti-noise signal with source audio; providing a result of the combining to a transducer; measuring an acoustic output of the transducer and the ambient audio sounds with an error microphone; detecting a frequency-dependent characteristic of the source audio that is predominantly a tone and independent of the ambient audio sounds using frequency-selective filtering of the source audio; and taking action to prevent improper generation of the anti-noise signal in response to detecting the characteristic of the source audio by halting adaptation of the first adaptive filter in response to detecting that the source audio is predominantly the tone. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of a personal audio device, comprising:
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an output for providing an output signal to an output 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; an error microphone input for receiving an error microphone signal indicative of the acoustic output of the transducer and the ambient audio sounds at the transducer; and a processing circuit that adaptively generates the anti-noise signal by adapting a first adaptive filter to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener in conformity with the error microphone signal, wherein the processing circuit detects a frequency-dependent characteristic of the source audio that is predominantly a tone and independent of the ambient audio sounds using frequency selective filtering of the source audio and takes action to prevent improper generation of the anti-noise signal in response to detecting the characteristic of the source audio by halting adaptation of the first adaptive filter in response to detecting that the source audio is predominantly a tone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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