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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Kazuhiro Nakadai, Wako, JP;
Hirofumi Nakajima, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Okuno, Kyoto, JP;
Ryu Takeda, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuhiro Nakadai, Wako, JP;
Hirofumi Nakajima, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Okuno, Kyoto, JP;
Ryu Takeda, Kyoto, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reverberation suppressing apparatus separating sound source signals based on input signals output from microphones collecting the plurality of sound source signals, includes a sound signal output unit generating sound signals and outputting the generated sound signals, a sound acquiring unit acquiring the input signals from microphones, a first evaluation function calculation unit calculating a separation matrix, the input signals, and the sound source signals, and calculating a first evaluation function, a reverberation component suppressing unit calculating an optimal separation matrix, and suppressing a reverberation component by separating the sound source signals other than the generated sound signals, and a separation matrix updating unit dividing a step-size function, approximating each segment to a linear function, calculating step sizes based on the approximated linear functions, and repeatedly updating the separation matrix so that the degree of separation of the sound source signals exceeds the predetermined value.