EP1453349A2 - Selbstkalibrierung einer Mikrophonanordnung - Google Patents

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EP1453349A2
EP1453349A2 EP04450034A EP04450034A EP1453349A2 EP 1453349 A2 EP1453349 A2 EP 1453349A2 EP 04450034 A EP04450034 A EP 04450034A EP 04450034 A EP04450034 A EP 04450034A EP 1453349 A2 EP1453349 A2 EP 1453349A2
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R29/00—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
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    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R3/005—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones for combining the signals of two or more microphones
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2201/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones covered by H04R1/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/40—Details of arrangements for obtaining desired directional characteristic by combining a number of identical transducers covered by H04R1/40 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
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  • Speech is becoming increasingly important as a means of communication between man and machine. Because most applications require natural speech, the microphone, which receives the speech signal, is not immediately in front of the speaker's mouth; rather, it is at a certain distance from the person, which in many applications is continuously changing. In passenger cars, for example, array microphones are used, on the one hand, as a natural-speech microphone for telephone conversations and, on the other hand, with systems that are operated by voice recognition, such as, navigation systems.
  • Adaptive beam-formers here can be adapted to movable interference sources that change over time, for example, the start phase, flight phase, landing phase, etc., of a plane.
  • One prerequisite for the operation of a beam-former is to localize the speaker in the space, for example, several pilots in a cockpit, and, optionally, to follow their movements.
  • the filters in the beam-former must in part generate large amplifications.
  • the sensitivity is increased with respect to individual microphones of the microphone array, which are affected by error. Particularly serious interfering effects can result from tolerances in the transmission properties of the individual microphones, such as the frequency range, directive effect, sensitivity, etc.
  • array microphones are capable of the targeted resection of sound sources and speakers, short of the useful signals, and they can suppress interference signals, such as ambient noise or the generation of echo.
  • WO 99/39497 shows one possibility for the acoustical suppression of echoes for natural-speech installations.
  • undesired echoes that occur with natural-speech installations are to be eliminated.
  • an acoustical signal a so-called pseudo noise signal, is emitted by a loudspeaker in the direction of at least two microphones.
  • Adaptive filters preferably FIR (finite impulse response) filters
  • FIR finite impulse response filters
  • the response signals of the microphones are combined by addition of the inverted output signals of the corresponding adaptive filters.
  • LMS least mean square
  • a test signal for example, a human voice
  • the output signals of the different addition devices are combined and converted in a beam-former.
  • the so-generated signal is compared with the original, near "unbiased,” signal of the microphones.
  • the combined signal that has been formed is led to the beam-former, where it is used to adapt the beam-former in such a manner that the signal/noise ratio is maximized.
  • the filters are again switched to the adaptive mode, and instead of a PN (pseudo noise) generator, the signal of a user who is talking at the other end of the line is connected with the adaptive filters.
  • Array microphones essentially consist of an arrangement of individual microphones, which are interconnected by signal technology.
  • the microphones In the arrangement of the microphones, one can distinguish, in principle, microphones that are in a one-, two-, and three-dimensional arrangement.
  • the microphones In the one-dimensional arrangement, the microphones are strong along a line, for example, a straight line or an arc of a circle.
  • the direction of the individual microphones is not essential because they only function as pressure receivers and their effect in space is therefore undirected.
  • the orientation of the individual microphones is crucial:
  • the overall directive characteristic and thus the overall bundling of the array microphone is produced by the combination of the directive characteristics of the individual microphones, using the algorithm, which is described in further detail below, by means of which the microphone signals are processed together.
  • the mutual intervals between the microphones can be constant or can differ from each other.
  • different groups of microphones for the beam-forming are used, as described in M. Brandstein, D. Wards (Editors), Microphone Arrays, Springer Verlag, 2001.
  • the connection, by signal technology, of the individual microphones can be analog or digital. Below, the digital implementation will be considered.
  • the individual microsignals are digitized using A/D converters (analog/digital converters) and they are led to a signal processing unit.
  • the signal processing unit uses an appropriate algorithm (key word "beam-forming") on the microphone signals. With the use of this algorithm, the bundling degree of the microphone is increased and lateral sound sources are suppressed.
  • a good review of array microphones can also be found in M. Brandstein, D. Wards (Editors), Microphone Arrays, Springer Verlag, 2001 and in the literature cited therein.
  • Sets of filter coefficients are a component of the algorithm, and they are characteristic for the arrangement, the type, sensitivity, and characteristics of the microphones used, as well as the acoustical environment and the locations of the sound sources. Different properties of the different microphones, as produced, for example, by finishing dispersions, aging effects, etc., can be taken into account in these sets of filter coefficients.
  • a frequently used film structure is described in the literature under "Filter and Sum Beam-former” (see, for example, M. Brandstein, D. Wards (Editors), Microphone Arrays, Springer Verlag, 2001, page 159).
  • the individual microphone signals are filtered, after the analog/digital conversion, with appropriate FIR filters (finite impulse response filters) and then added.
  • Fig. 1 which is representative of the state of the art, shows an embodiment example with 4 microphones.
  • Fig. 1 shows a simple microphone array with identical distances d between the individual microphones.
  • the incident angle of sound, ⁇ is expressed with reference to the longitudinal axis of the microphone array.
  • the incident sound wave arrives after different travel times at the individual microphones of the array.
  • the travel time differences correspond to the path differences d*cos( ⁇ ).
  • the FIR filters 8 FIR 1 to FIR 4 shown in Fig. 1 contain filter coefficient sets that correspond to frequency-dependent differences in amplitude and phase. After the filtering, the signals are added (filter and sum beam-former). Due to the mentioned differences in amplitude and phase, the sound waves arriving at a certain direction of incidence are amplified by constructive overlay, and sound waves coming out of the other sound incidence direction are weakened by destructive overlaying.
  • the FIR filters 8 FIR 1 to FIR 4 are so-called all-pass filters, all presenting the same frequency-independent delay.
  • the above-mentioned filter coefficient sets are calculated for a fixed predetermined standard situation, in many applications, and they are used at constant magnitudes during the operation of the array microphone.
  • the verification of individual microphones in the array occurs in such a manner that the current uptake of the individual microphones is checked during the installation or during servicing. The value of the current uptake is checked to determine whether it is between two predetermined limit values. In this manner, one can establish whether the individual microphone in principle is capable of operating. Nothing more happens.
  • a method and a device to check the function of individual microphones that are not part of an array microphone are known from EP 0 268 788.
  • a microphone is housed in a sensor device together with test loudspeakers.
  • a sinusoidal test signal from a generator is applied to the series-connected test loudspeakers.
  • a signal correlator a measurement is made of the phase differences between the signal that has been converted by the microphone to be tested and the original generator signal.
  • the output voltage of the signal correlator which corresponds to a certain phase difference between the two signals, is compared to a threshold value S in a threshold value comparator. Depending on whether the phase difference exceeds the threshold value S or not, a bad or good signal is transmitted to a central evaluation location.
  • the poor performance results can have different causes, which do not have to be connected with the array microphone.
  • the GSM transmission line used during the telephoning can be defective.
  • the array microphone is at least fully functional as a partial system.
  • the current uptake of the microphone can only be observed in the laboratory or during a service procedure.
  • An additional problem is of a rather pernicious nature: As a result of the dispersions of the properties of the individual microphones during the manufacture, or as a result of different courses of the aging process or different reactions to changing environmental conditions, the directive and frequency characteristics of the individual microphones can strongly differ from each other. As a result, the above-mentioned algorithms can no longer work as desired for the signal processing.
  • US 2002/0146136 A1 discloses a method for the calibration of an acoustic converter, which is not part of an array microphone, in particular for mobile telephones.
  • This calibration makes it possible for an electronic unit to deliver the desired amplitude and frequency responses, independently of the operative differences that can occur between microphone and loudspeaker components.
  • a signal of a pseudo noise generator is applied through a filter to an external loudspeaker.
  • the response signal of the microphone in a DSP (digital signal processor), is filtered or converted using filter coefficients that reflect the inverse channel pulse response h of the arrangement; after filtering, it is compared with a "desired" signal obtained directly from the pseudo noise generator.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • the difference between the two signals serves the function of changing the filter coefficient of the DSP.
  • the filter is an adaptive type, that is, the filter coefficients are iteratively determined. They converge to a limit value, which results in the smallest possible error signal.
  • the drawback of this method is that the converter is calibrated in a test environment and not at the site of use itself.
  • the external test loudspeaker is again removed, then the cell telephone is released for use.
  • the filter coefficients determined by an iterative method do lead to nonconverging consequences or undesired instabilities.
  • This method therefore does not take into consideration the continuously changing environment.
  • Other important parameters and properties of the microphone in itself can also not be determined by this method.
  • the loudspeaker, which emits the test signal is not checked prior to the calibration process to determine its ability to function, for example, the size of its impedance, with such an omission resulting in error sources.
  • An array microphone which in its totality cannot be simply treated as the sum of its individual microphones, requires an entirely different testing from that of a single converter.
  • the acoustic conditions are completely different compared to the test laboratory during development. Reflections, scattering, and interference due to multiple sound paths influence array microphones in a completely different manner than an individual microphone.
  • the directive characteristic and the bundling degree of the array microphone can dramatically change to the detriment of the user. Factors such as dust deposition on the membrane, changes in the polarization voltage, and similar factors, in the case of individual microphones, merely produce a slightly softer or duller output signal.
  • US 5,719,526 describes load monitoring, integrated in an amplifier to achieve a delimitation of the power output and to prevent damage to the load of a loudspeaker, for example.
  • the load monitoring involves a current and voltage measuring device and a computer and control circuit, for example, a DSP that calculates the impedance of the load connected to the amplifier and the output power to be transferred from the amplifier to the load from the measured voltage and current values.
  • the signal applied to the amplifier can either be an external audio signal, or it can originate from a test generator that is also integrated in the amplifier.
  • Computer and control-circuit-generated control signals are used for the purpose of optionally changing the signal processing functions of the amplifier and the corresponding function parameters. This method for the determination of the transferred power is relatively involved, since it requires a current and voltage measuring device and an evaluation unit. In addition, no information on the properties of the loudspeaker can be obtained.
  • the objective of the invention is to eliminate the above discussed drawbacks and problems, at the very least to achieve a clear decrease in their effects, without the need to remove the array microphone from its intended site of use or the need for a complicated and thus expensive retrofitting.
  • This objective is achieved according to the invention by providing at least one loudspeaker arranged in the acquisition range of each of the individual microphones, by providing an electronic circuit applied to the loudspeaker in such a manner that it emits a predetermined periodic noise signal and in that the signal processor evaluates the response signals coming from each of the microphones and/or from each of the digital filters, as a response to the reception of the periodic noise signal.
  • the loudspeaker is either permanently integrated in the array microphone, or it is a component of a transportable test device. It is also possible to use loudspeakers that either are already present, or integrated, in the three-dimensional space in which the array microphone is used, for example, the loudspeakers of a car radio in the driver cabin or a loudspeaker that is intended specifically for the test.
  • the signal processor can be that of the array microphone or it can also be a part of the test device. If several loudspeakers are provided, it is not only possible to control the individual microphones, but a particularly precise control of the beam-forming is also possible.
  • Fig. 2 shows an embodiment example of an array microphone according to the invention, consisting of 4 microphones 1-4.
  • the distances of the individual microphones 1-4 are the same in this embodiment example.
  • the loudspeaker 5 is arranged in such a manner that it acquires sound from all individual microphones 1-4, that is, a signal emitted by the loudspeaker 5 is received by all individual microphones.
  • the individual microphones 1-4 can be designed either as pressure receivers or gradient receivers. Naturally, the invention is not limited to 4 individual microphones.
  • Fig. 3 shows an additional embodiment of the invention.
  • the example has the same structure as in Fig. 2, but all the acoustic converters are accommodated in a common housing 6.
  • this housing it is also possible to accommodate electronic components, A/D and D/A converters 9, 10, digital filter 8, and signal processors 11. Only the openings, for speaking, of the microphones 1-4 are shown.
  • the device according to the invention can be structured as explained in greater detail below.
  • the method according to the invention which is carried out with the help of the loudspeaker and the signal processor, for example, as an acoustic self-test of the array microphone, can occur as follows:
  • a self-test allows the determination of whether the individual microphones are in fact connected with the filters intended for them or whether connection errors occurred during the manufacturing process.
  • the digital filters are programmed such that they represent an all-pass filter.
  • the individual microphones can then reach the evaluation unit of the signal processor 11, in an "unbiased", that is, in the original, state.
  • the relative position of the individual microphones with respect to each other it is also possible for differences in travel time to be recorded.
  • the "unbiased" signal originating from an individual microphone as a response to the loudspeaker signal, or using a signal that has been filtered using filter coefficients, is compared in the output unit of the signal processor 11 with model signals that correspond to properly operating individual microphones 1-4 or properly operating filters. Independently of the deviation of this signal from the model signals, the value of individual filter coefficients or of all the filter coefficients of the set of filter coefficients is changed. It is preferred to have already fixed predetermined filter coefficient values stored in the different available filter coefficient sets, so that they can be used externally or in the signal processor 11. In the case of prestored filter coefficient sets based on laboratory measurements or theoretical calculations, there is no regulation circuit in the sense of an iterative process.
  • a certain filter coefficient set generates a directive characteristic that directs a "beam” to the driver of a vehicle and that suppresses noise from other directions (superdirective beam-former).
  • a filter coefficient set could also be intended to direct one "beam” to the driver of the vehicle and a second to the front seat passenger.
  • the simplest case is that of a Delay & Sum Beam-former, represented in Fig. 1.
  • the calibration loudspeaker 5 is checked. In the process, a determination is made as to whether its electrical impedance is above a predetermined limit value. It is only if this condition is satisfied that the acoustic self-test of the microphone is started.
  • the verification of the loudspeaker impedance can be carried out by applying the loudspeaker signal directly to an AID converter 9.
  • Fig. 4 shows an embodiment example of the measurement of the loudspeaker impedance, where the loudspeaker 5 is operated in parallel to the input impedance of an A/D converter 9. Should the ratio of the loudspeaker impedance to the input impedance of the A/D converter 9 deviate too much from the value of 1, then an additional preresistance can be switched before the loudspeaker.
  • the measurement of the loudspeaker impedance is carried out using a method that is known to technicians for measuring complex impedances. In the process, it is possible, for example, to apply a constant current source to the loudspeaker and to measure the voltage at the loudspeaker contacts.
  • FIG. 4a A method according to the invention for determining the loudspeaker impedance is described below.
  • the associated switching schemata is shown in Fig. 4a.
  • a signal is sent through the D/A converter 10 to the output amplifier 7.
  • This output amplifier has a defined output impedance R a .
  • the amplified signal reaches the loudspeaker 5 with the impedance R LS , then the input of the A/D converter 9, which has a defined input impedance R i .
  • R a and R LS form a voltage divider.
  • the voltage is measured at the A/D converter and compared to a reference measurement, where, as impedance, a known reference impedance is used instead of the loudspeaker.
  • the data of the reference measurement are determined only once and stored in a permanent memory (for example, in a ROM). From the two voltage values so determined, the unknown loudspeaker impedance R LS can be determined. One can also use a measurement without a loudspeaker as a reference measurement, in which case the reference impedance has an infinite ohm value.
  • microphon signals can be carried out in different manners.
  • suitable measurement signals one can use sinusoidal signals, stochastic noise signals, or periodic noise signals, such as maximum cyclical noises.
  • the self-test is triggered, for example, by a control signal to the signal processing unit.
  • the latter sends a measurement signal to the amplifier 7 and further on to the calibration loudspeaker 5.
  • This measurement signal is recorded by the different microphones, then evaluated by an evaluation unit. From the recorded measurement signals, the above-mentioned microphone parameters can be obtained.
  • the errors that may have been determined in the evaluation procedure are preferably further processed in one or several of the following manners:
  • the method according to the invention disregarding the possibility of allowing the detection of a number of defects that to date, could not be determined; also presents the advantage that the measurements can be carried out while the microphone is operated. After a successful verification, it is possible to automatically display, for example, "microphone OK.”
  • the array microphones are automatically calibrated; the array microphones consists of several individual microphones 1-4, which are connected with a signal processor 11, which includes, for each individual microphone, at least one digital filter, where the signal processor 11 increases the bundling degree of the array microphone and suppresses lateral sound sources, by means of an appropriate algorithm applied to the individual microphone signals.
  • filter coefficient sets which are components of the algorithm, are applied to the digital filters, with the filter coefficient sets being characteristic for the arrangement, type, sensitivity, and characteristics of the individual microphones used, the acoustical environment, and the location of the sound sources.
  • the signal processor 11 then proceeds to change the value of individual filter coefficients or of all the filter coefficients set, as a function of the deviation of the response signals from the model signals. The test can be repeated until the response signals are in the range of the model signals.
  • the type of adaptation of the filter coefficients can be carried out, for example, by taking into account, in the calculation of the filter coefficient sets, the age-caused change in the microphone sensitivity, which is determined by the above method. As a result, there is a compensation for changes in the microphone properties, in particular the sensitivity-frequency curve.
  • the method is shown in the block schemata in Fig. 5.
  • the loudspeakers are arranged clearly outside of the plane of symmetry of a linear array, as shown, for example, in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, one has the possibility of carrying out the signal evaluation as described below.
  • the loudspeaker is mounted on the longitudinal axis of the microphone array outside of the microphone array itself.
  • An all-pass filter with a travel time equal 0 ms is programmed into each filter of the individual microphone-filter pairs.
  • a periodic noise signal for example, a Schröder noise with 8192 scanning values and a scanning frequency of 44.1 kHz is applied to the loudspeaker.
  • the algorithm for generating Schröder noise is described, for example, in M. R. Schröder: Synthesis of Low-Peak-Factor Signals and Binary Sequences with Low Autocorrelation, IEEE transactions on information theory, pp. 85-89, Vol. 16, January, 1970.
  • the chosen period duration must be louder than or equal to the reverberation time RT 60 of the measurement surrounding, for example, the cabin of a passenger car.
  • This measurement signal is repeated, for example, 20 times, and acquired through the individual microphones and the associated filters.
  • the linearly sound pressure level measured at a 10-cm separation from the front edge of the loudspeaker is approximately 0.1 Pa.
  • the signal is averaged, excluding the first period, synchronously to the input signal.
  • the purpose of this averaging is to increase the signal/noise ratio, and thus to increase the precision of the measurement.
  • Environmental noise such as noise components of the microphone, the loudspeaker, and the participating amplifiers, is suppressed by the averaging.
  • the first period has to be excluded, because the first period contains a time section with uncorrelated signals due to the ground noise delay that always exists.
  • the averaged signal response is subjected to inverse discrete Fourier transformation (IDFT) and the spectrum so obtained is divided by the IDFT of the excitation signal.
  • IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transformation
  • the amount of the transfer function must, in the case of a properly operating individual microphone, with a properly operating filter, must be within predetermined tolerance ranges.
  • the levels of the transfer function of more remote microphones must be lower than those of the microphones located closer to the loudspeaker.
  • the phase of the transfer function can be evaluated and verified at individual selected frequencies, to determine whether they are in the pre-established tolerance ranges. This allows, for example, the erroneous detection of a polarization change in one or more microphones.
  • DFT discrete Fourier transformation
  • the corresponding travel time can easily be ascertained by determining the absolute maximum of the impulse responses.
  • the travel times of the individual microphone-filter pairs now must assume certain precalculated values as a function of the loudspeaker-microphone separation and as a function of the speed of sound in air. In particular, this makes it possible to determine whether individual microphones have been switched or whether the sequence of the microphones has been reversed by mistake.

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