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An In-Flight Low Latency Acoustic Feedback Cancellation Algorithm

Authors: Osmanovic, Nermin; Clarke, Victor E.; Velandia, Erich

AES Convention 123 · Paper 7266 · October 2007

Abstract

Acoustic feedback is a common problem in high gain systems; it is very unpredictable and unpleasant to the ear. Cockpit communication systems on aircraft may suffer from acoustic feedback between a pilot’s boomset microphone and high gain cockpit speaker. The acoustic feedback tone can compromise flight safety by temporarily blocking communication between the pilot and ground control. This paper presents the design of an in-flight low latency (<6ms) digital audio processing system that automatically detects and removes acoustic feedback tones from the microphone to speaker audio path. We present information about the acoustic feedback cancellation algorithm including the calculation of feedback existence probability, as implemented in an aircraft cockpit communication system

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Published in
AES Convention 123
AES Convention
123
Paper number
7266
Publication date
October 6, 2007
Session subject
Signal Processing for Room Correction
Affiliation
Gables Engineering (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper