EP1515309A2 - Verfahren zur Entstörung übermittelter Audiosignale zwischen Telekommunikationsendgeräten und Nachweisverfahren hierfür - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for filtering transmitted Audio signals between telecommunication terminals, where the audio signals with different frequencies between the telecommunication terminals are transmitted and which disturbing shares, preferably in the form of a reverberation the audio signals to be transmitted can be superimposed, where of the transmitted and noisy audio signals a spectral envelope is determined and the audio signals be filtered.
- the invention relates to a detection method, which makes it possible to determine if the new procedure is used in a telecommunication terminal.
- Such a disturbing signal for example, your own Reverberation of the audio signal. So the sound wave of the to be transmitted audio signal, for example, on the walls of a Room and the room furnishings are reflected and additionally superimposed on the audio signal to be transmitted be.
- This phenomenon often occurs in telephone calls in the mobile network or in the fixed network, if a first party phoned in handsfree and in one Room is located, for example, an office or a living room.
- the voice sounds the first interlocutor rather “reverberating" and thus disturbing.
- certain parameters of the audio signal which are particularly dependent on reverberation, Controlled filters that contain the audio signal.
- the filters can be of various types, for example adaptive filters.
- the filter is adapted so that the filtered Signal has certain characteristics.
- the filter can filter the signal so that the kurtosis (3rd order torque) of the signal approaches a certain value.
- Another way to implement the Filters is that the filter the signal periods dampens, which have a particularly high reverberation. disadvantage This method lies in possible artifacts that are of a time variable damping factor can be caused.
- the third option for filtering a transmitted audio signal is to use multiple microphones to to record that signal in several places and then correct it. This possibility is used in most communication terminals not applied, as they increase the Hardware costs caused.
- the inventor has recognized that interferences, such as Example of reverberation, in the areas where the energy of the audio signal is low, more disturbing to a transmitted Audio signal than in the areas of the audio signal, where the energy is high.
- interferences such as Example of reverberation
- these areas in the representation of the Audio signal through the spectral envelope curve very much can be easily determined. Will only be selective in the areas a damping made in which the signal is weak and a disturbance is more pronounced on the signal-to-noise ratio This may affect the quality of the transfer Audio signal can be improved and so for example a "reverb effect" can be reduced. Accordingly, the quality the audio signal to be transmitted is improved, if only selectively in the areas made a reinforcement in which the signal is dominant and a disturbance weakens the signal-to-noise ratio.
- the inventor proposes before, the known per se methods for suppression transmitted Audio signals between telecommunication terminals, where the audio signals with different frequencies between the telecommunication terminals are transmitted and which disturbing shares, preferably in the form of a reverberation the audio signals to be transmitted can be superimposed, where of the transmitted and noisy audio signals a spectral envelope is determined and the audio signals be filtered, to improve that to the suppression the transmitted audio signals in different frequency ranges damped and / or reinforced to a different degree become.
- LPC Linear Predictive Coding
- the spectral envelope the audio signals are calculated from the LPC coefficients.
- the spectral envelope curve will be the amounts of the Signal amplitudes plotted against the frequency. Maxima or Also formants in the spectral envelope correspond to the Audio signal areas in which the energy of the audio signal is sufficient, against influences of disturbing signal components to enforce. Minima in the spectral curve Envelopes correspond to the frequency ranges of the audio signal, in which the energy of the audio signal is too low to to prevail against influences of disturbing signal components.
- the transmitted Audio signals are attenuated only in the frequency ranges, in where the energy of the audio signals is low.
- Dominate the disturbing and the audio signal superimposed shares, such as reverberation. Will now be targeted dampened in these areas, so can the interference at least be reduced.
- the audio signals in the frequency ranges exists with high energy almost unchanged also the possibility that the transmitted audio signals straight be amplified in the frequency bands in which the Energy of the audio signals is high.
- the audio signals dominate over the disturbing and the superimposed shares.
- By amplifying these frequency ranges the influence of the superposed shares becomes even less disturbing.
- the inventor also proposes a detection method which makes it possible to determine if the just described Method applied in a telecommunication terminal , whereby the detection method is characterized that the following steps are performed:
- G726 for DECT, where G726 is a language code for DECT phones is.
- EFR / FR encoding for GSM is possible, with the abbreviations EFR / FR of the language codes Enhanced Full Rate and Full Rate mean.
- the same noisy audio signal is placed in the to be checked Telecommunications terminal fed. This can for example, by feeding acoustic test signals in the microphone of the telecommunication terminal take place.
- FIG. 1 shows in the diagram a time segment of a Audio signal 1, which is superimposed on the own reverberation. On the ordinate are the vibration amplitudes of the audio signal 1 applied. The time is plotted on the abscissa.
- a range 1.1 (elliptically framed area) identified in which the reverberation disturbs the audio signal.
- this new method should be the disturbing influence of reverberation at least be steamed.
- FIG. 2 shows a curve 2 of such a spectral envelope.
- FIG. 2 shows a curve 2, which exemplifies the spectral Envelope of a period of the audio signal 1 from Figure 1 reproduces. Then the maxima 2.4 to 2.6 and the minimums 2.1 to 2.3 of curve 2 are determined.
- the audio signal has 1 a high energy, the amount of amplitude is corresponding high.
- the range around the maxima 2.4 to 2.6 prevails accordingly a good signal-to-noise ratio.
- a superposition of, for example, a reverberation to original audio does not affect these areas particularly disturbing.
- the audio signal In the range around the minimums 2.1 to 2.3, however, the audio signal a lower energy, which is the magnitude of the amplitude correspondingly low. In the range around the minima 2.1 to 2.3 the signal-to-noise ratio is worse. An overlay from a reverberation to the undisturbed original audio signal has more disruptive effects in these areas. The new Method changes such a "reverberated" audio signal in these areas. In this area, the audio signal depends from the absolute value of the minimum 2.1 to 2.3 and the course the minima muffled.
- FIG. 3 shows by way of example a filter curve 3 for which in Figure 2 shown curve 2 of the spectral envelope of the Audio signal. From Figure 3 it can be seen that in the area the maxima 2.4 to 2.6 of the curve 2 the filter curve 3 constant Values, while in the range of the minimums 2.1 to 2.3 the curve 2, the filter curve 3 also minima 3.1 to 3.3 having. For clarity, the minimum 2.1 to 2.3 are the Curve 2 of the spectral envelope by dotted lines connected to the minimums 3.1 to 3.3 of the filter curve 3. The Minima 3.1 to 3.3 of the filter curve 3 cause the audio signal is dampened in these areas.
- FIG. 4 now shows a time segment in the diagram an audio signal as in Figure 1.
- exemplary the area 4.1 (elliptically framed area) was marked, in which, in contrast to the diagram of Figure 1 no Noise components are present.
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- Algorithmen, die auf der Schätzung der Raumimpulsantwort basieren.
- Algorithmen, die statistische Eigenschaften des Audiosignals benutzen.
- Algorithmen, die mehrere Mikrofone benutzen.
- Figur 1:
- Zeitausschnitt eines Audiosignals mit überlagertem Nachhall;
- Figur 2:
- Kurve der spektralen Einhüllenden von einem Zeitabschnitt des Audiosignals aus Figur 1;
- Figur 3:
- Filterkurve für die Enthallung des Audiosignals;
- Figur 4:
- Zeitausschnitt des Audiosignals aus Figur 1 jedoch mit gedämpften Nachhall.
- DECT
- Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication
- EFR
- Enhanced Full Rate (GSM Codierung)
- FR
- Full Rate (GSM Codierung)
- G726
- Sprachcode für DECT
- GSM
- Global System for Mobile Communications (Mobilfunk)
- LPC
- Linear Predictive Coding
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- Verfahren zur Entstörung übermittelter Audiosignale (1) zwischen Telekommunikationsendgeräten, bei dem die Audiosignale (1) mit verschiedenen Frequenzen zwischen den Telekommunikationsendgeräten übermittelt werden und denen störende Anteile (1.1), vorzugsweise in Form eines Nachhalls der zu übermittelnden Audiosignale, überlagert sein können, wobei von den übermittelten und störbehafteten Audiosignalen (1) eine spektrale Einhüllende (2) bestimmt wird und die Audiosignale (1) gefiltert werden,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zur Entstörung die übertragenen Audiosignale (1) in unterschiedlichen Frequenzbereichen unterschiedlich stark gedämpft und/oder verstärkt werden. - Verfahren gemäß dem voranstehenden Patentanspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Autokorrelationskoeffizienten für Frames (Datenübertragungsrahmen) der Audiosignale (1) berechnet werden. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 und 2,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Levinson-Durbin Algorithmus angewendet wird. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 3,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass LPC-Koeffizienten (LPC = Linear Predictive Coding) ermittelt werden. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 4,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die spektrale Einhüllende (2) der Audiosignale (1) aus den LPC-Koeffizienten berechnet wird. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 5,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die übermittelten Audiosignale (1) nur in den Frequenzbereichen gedämpft werden, in denen die Energie der Audiosignale (1) gering ist. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 6,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die übermittelten Audiosignale (1) in den Frequenzbereichen nahezu unverändert belassen werden, in denen die Energie der Audiosignale hoch ist. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 5,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die übermittelten Audiosignale (1) nur in den Frequenzbereichen verstärkt werden, in denen die Energie der Audiosignale (1) hoch ist. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 8,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Frequenzbereiche aus der spektralen Einhüllenden (2) des Audiosignals (1) ermittelt werden. - Verfahren gemäß einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüche 1 bis 9,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Filterfunktion (3) ermittelt wird, durch die die Audiosignale (1) in den unterschiedliche Frequenzbereichen unterschiedlich gedämpft werden. - Nachweisverfahren, welches es ermöglicht, festzustellen, ob das in einem der voranstehenden Patentansprüchen 1 bis 7 beschriebene Verfahren in einem Telekommunikationsendgerät angewendet wird,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass folgende Schritte durchgeführt werden:ein störbehaftetes Audiosignal wird mit einem Audiosignalkodierer kodiert und dann dekodiert.der Verlauf der Maxima und Minima der spektralen Einhüllenden wird bestimmt und gespeichert.das gleiche störbehaftetes Audiosignal wird in das zu überprüfende Telekommunikationsendgerät eingespeist.der Verlauf der Maxima und Minima der spektralen Einhüllenden wird bestimmt und gespeichert.ein Vergleich zwischen beiden Verläufen wird durchgeführt.
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