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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanxi, CN;

Inventors:

Jingdong Chen, Shanxi, CN;

Yuzhu Wang, Shanxi, CN;

Jilu Jin, Shanxi, CN;

Gongping Huang, Shanxi, CN;

Jacob Benesty, Montreal, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10K 11/17881 (2018.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01);
Abstract

A binaural beamformer comprising two beamforming filters may be communicatively coupled to a microphone array to generates two beamforming outputs, one for the left ear and the other for the right ear. The beamforming filters may be configured in such a way that they are orthogonal to each other to make white noise components in the binaural outputs substantially uncorrelated and desired signal components in the binaural outputs highly correlated. As a result, the human auditory system may better separate the desired signal from white noise and intelligibility of the desired signal may be improved.


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