Voice signal extraction for enhanced speech quality in noisy vehicle environments

Author

Erten, Gail ; Salam, Fathi M.

Author_Institution

IC Tech Inc., Okemos, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

The voice extraction (VE) system described in this paper is an enabling technology that provides pure voice signals to speech processing systems in noisy vehicle environments. The technology is used to extract a single voice signal of interest from a mixture of sounds, including background noise, music, and multiple speakers. The technology embodies both hardware and software elements. Tests conducted inside a noisy vehicle are presented

Keywords

adaptive signal processing; automobiles; feedforward; microphones; speech enhancement; speech recognition; speech recognition equipment; state feedback; state-space methods; DSP based system; PC based system; adaptive network; background music; background noise; blind separation; enabling technology; enhanced speech quality; feedback state space; feedforward state space; hardware elements; in-vehicle speech command; multiple speakers; noisy vehicle environments; smart microphone; software elements; speech processing systems; speech recognition; two microphone system; voice signal extraction; voice signals; Acoustic noise; Background noise; Loudspeakers; Multiple signal classification; Music; Signal processing; Speech enhancement; Speech processing; Vehicles; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 18th

Conference_Location

St Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5749-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1999.863658

Filename

863658