Title :
Spatially pre-processed target-to-jammer ratio Weighted wiener filter using two microphones
Author :
Hu, Jwu-Sheng ; Lee, Ming-Tang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Control Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, a speech enhancement algorithm using a two-channel microphone array is presented. The algorithm utilizes the target-to-jammer ratio (TJR) to determine the Wiener filter approximation. The noise in the resulting signal is further reduced, especially under a low SNR situation, using a postfilter-like method. The approximated magnitude-squared coherence (MSC) function for reverberant environments is also used to decide the reduction rate since two microphones provide limited spatial information at low frequencies. The performance of the proposed algorithm is accessed through experiments using real dual-channel recordings. The experimental results demonstrate the usefulness and superiority of the proposed method compared to other generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC) based algorithms using speech quality indices.
Keywords :
Wiener filters; function approximation; jamming; microphone arrays; speech enhancement; SNR; function approximation; magnitude squared coherence; postfilter like method; speech enhancement algorithm; speech quality indices; target to jammer ratio; two-channel microphone array; weighted Wiener filter; Delay estimation; Frequency; Low-frequency noise; Microphone arrays; Noise cancellation; Noise reduction; Speech enhancement; Switches; Wiener filter; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
Green Circuits and Systems (ICGCS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6876-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6877-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICGCS.2010.5543071