An Acoustic Human-Machine Front-End for Multimedia Applications

<p/> <p>A concept of robust adaptive beamforming integrating stereophonic acoustic echo cancellation is presented which reconciles the need for low-computational complexity and efficient adaptive filtering with versatility and robustness in real-world scenarios. The synergetic combinatio...

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Main Authors: Herbordt Wolfgang, Buchner Herbert, Kellermann Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2003-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1110865703211094
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Summary:<p/> <p>A concept of robust adaptive beamforming integrating stereophonic acoustic echo cancellation is presented which reconciles the need for low-computational complexity and efficient adaptive filtering with versatility and robustness in real-world scenarios. The synergetic combination of a robust generalized sidelobe canceller and a stereo acoustic echo canceller is designed in the frequency domain based on a general framework for multichannel adaptive filtering in the frequency domain. Theoretical analysis and real-time experiments show the superiority of this concept over comparable time-domain approaches in terms of computational complexity and adaptation behaviour. The real-time implementation confirms that the concept is robust and meets well the practical requirements of real-world scenarios, which makes it a promising candidate for commercial products.</p>
ISSN:1687-6172
1687-6180