%Aigaion2 BibTeX export from Idiap Publications %Saturday 21 December 2024 05:35:24 PM @ARTICLE{mccowan-rr-01-40b, author = {McCowan, Iain A. and Bourlard, Herv{\'{e}}}, projects = {Idiap}, month = {11}, title = {Microphone Array Post-filter based on Noise Field Coherence}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing}, volume = {11}, number = {6}, year = {2003}, note = {IDIAP-RR 01-40}, crossref = {mccowan-rr-01-40}, abstract = {This article introduces a novel technique for estimating the signal power spectral density to be used in the transfer function of a microphone array post-filter. The technique is a generalisation of the existing Zelinski post-filter, which uses the auto- and cross-spectral densities of the array inputs to estimate the signal and noise spectral densities. The Zelinski technique, however, assumes zero cross-correlation between the noise on different sensors. This assumption is inaccurate, particularly at low frequencies and for arrays with closely spaced sensors, and thus the corresponding post-filter is sub-optimal in realistic noise conditions. In this article, a more general expression of the post-filter estimation is developed based on an assumed knowledge of the complex coherence of the noise field. This general expression can be used to construct a more appropriate post-filter in a variety of different noise fields. In experiments using real noise recordings from a computer office, the modified post-filter results in significant improvement in terms of objective speech quality measures and speech recognition performance using a diffuse noise model.}, pdf = {https://publications.idiap.ch/attachments/reports/2001/rr01-40.pdf}, postscript = {ftp://ftp.idiap.ch/pub/reports/2001/rr01-40.ps.gz}, ipdinar={2001}, ipdmembership={speech}, language={English}, } crossreferenced publications: @TECHREPORT{mccowan-rr-01-40, author = {McCowan, Iain A. and Bourlard, Herv{\'{e}}}, projects = {Idiap}, title = {Microphone Array Post-filter based on Noise Field Coherence}, type = {Idiap-RR}, number = {Idiap-RR-40-2001}, year = {2001}, institution = {IDIAP}, address = {Martigny, Switzerland}, note = {Published in IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, pp 709-716, Vol 11, No 6, November 2003}, abstract = {This article introduces a novel technique for estimating the signal power spectral density to be used in the transfer function of a microphone array post-filter. The technique is a generalisation of the existing Zelinski post-filter, which uses the auto- and cross-spectral densities of the array inputs to estimate the signal and noise spectral densities. The Zelinski technique, however, assumes zero cross-correlation between the noise on different sensors. This assumption is inaccurate, particularly at low frequencies and for arrays with closely spaced sensors, and thus the corresponding post-filter is sub-optimal in realistic noise conditions. In this article, a more general expression of the post-filter estimation is developed based on an assumed knowledge of the complex coherence of the noise field. This general expression can be used to construct a more appropriate post-filter in a variety of different noise fields. In experiments using real noise recordings from a computer office, the modified post-filter results in significant improvement in terms of objective speech quality measures and speech recognition performance using a diffuse noise model.}, pdf = {https://publications.idiap.ch/attachments/reports/2001/rr01-40.pdf}, postscript = {ftp://ftp.idiap.ch/pub/reports/2001/rr01-40.ps.gz}, ipdinar={2001}, ipdmembership={speech}, language={English}, }