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Convention Paper

DSP-Implemented Broadband Superdirective Microphon e Array with Audible Noise Suppression

Authors: Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Joaquin; Ortega-Garcia, Javier; Sanchez-Bote, Jose-Luis

AES Convention 118 · Paper 6329 · May 2005

Abstract

In this proposed paper, a novel microphone linear array is presented and implemented for real-time processing. The prototype works on a DSP board and operates in the frequency domain. The array, which is composed of 15 microphones in nested configuration, combines two multichannel techniques for speech improvement: SuperDirective beamforming (SD) and Audible Noise Suppression (ANS). The SD beamforming technique is an alternative to conventional or Delay and Sum beamforming (DS) which has worse low frequency spatial selectivity. ANS processing is based on the masking properties of the human auditory system and can benefit the perceived and objective quality of the processed signal. Several on-line experiments will be described, assessing the real-time prototype.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 118
AES Convention
118
Paper number
6329
Publication date
May 6, 2005
Session subject
Signal Processing
Affiliation
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper