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Multi frequency band noise suppression system using signal-to-noise ratio estimation

신호 대 잡음비 추정 방법을 이용한 다중 주파수 밴드 잡음 억제 시스템

  • 오인규 (충북대학교 전파통신공학) ;
  • 이인성 (충북대학교 전파통신공학)
  • Received : 2015.09.22
  • Accepted : 2015.12.30
  • Published : 2016.03.31
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Abstract

This paper proposes a noise suppression method through SNR (Singal-to Noise Ratio) estimation in the two microphone array environment of close spacing. The conventional method uses a noise suppression method for a gain function obtained through the SNR estimation based on coherence function from full band. However, this method cause performance decreased by the noise damage that affects all the feature vector component. So, we propose a noise suppression method that allocates a frequency domain signal into N constant multi frequency band and each frequency band gets a gain function through SNR estimation based on coherence function. Performance evaluation of the proposed method is shown by comparison with PESQ (Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality) value which is an objective quality evaluation method provided by the ITU-T (International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication).

본 논문은 밀접한 간격의 두 개의 마이크 배열 환경에서 SNR(Signal-to-Noise Ratio) 추정을 통한 잡음 억제 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 방법은 전 밴드에서 간섭 함수 기반의 SNR 추정을 통해 이득 함수를 얻는 잡음 억제 방법을 사용한다. 그러나 이 방법은 잡음으로 인한 손상이 모든 특징 벡터 성분에 영향을 미쳐 성능을 저하시키는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 주파수 영역의 신호를 N개의 다중 주파수 밴드로 구분하고 각 밴드별로 간섭 함수 기반의 SNR 추정을 통한 이득 함수를 얻는 잡음 억제 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법의 성능평가는 ITU-T(International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication)에서 제공되는 객관적인 품질 평가 방법인 PESQ(Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality)로 비교하여 나타내었다.

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