JP2000138619A - Echo canceller - Google Patents

Echo canceller

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JP2000138619A
JP2000138619A JP31011698A JP31011698A JP2000138619A JP 2000138619 A JP2000138619 A JP 2000138619A JP 31011698 A JP31011698 A JP 31011698A JP 31011698 A JP31011698 A JP 31011698A JP 2000138619 A JP2000138619 A JP 2000138619A
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Taisuke Sasada
泰祐 佐々田
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Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an echo canceller where the user experiences no inconveniences such as the interruption of a background noise during a speech. SOLUTION: The echo canceller consists of an adaptive filter section 1 that cancels an echo signal, a nonlinear processor(NLP) attenuator 2 that suppresses a passing residual echo signal, a frequency analyzer 8 that analyzes the frequency component of a background noise and its level, a pseudo background noise generator 9 that generates a pseudo background noise on the basis of the result of analysis, an attenuator 5 that suppresses the output of the generator 9, and an adder 3 that sums up the output of the attenuator 5 and the output of the NLP attenuator 2, and the output of the adder 3 is used for a transmission signal. Furthermore, the attenuator 5 connected to the pseudo background noise generator 9 generates a pseudo background noise which has the same frequency component and level as those of the background noise signal. Moreover, the pseudo background noise is attenuated by a suppression amount of (1-X2)1/2, where X is the suppression amount of the NLP attenuator 2, and the resultant attenuated noise is added to the output signal of the NLP attenuator 2.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】この発明は、通信回線やテレ
ビ会議装置に用いられる音声エコーキャンセラに関す
る。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice echo canceller used for a communication line or a video conference device.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】通信回線やテレビ会議装置に用いられる
音声エコーキャンセラでは、LMS(Least Mean Squre
)アルゴリズムによる適応フィルタ演算等によってエ
コーを消去するように動作するが、現実的には、エコー
信号を完全に消去することは不可能であり、エコーの消
し残り信号が存在してしまう(残留エコー信号)。
2. Description of the Related Art In a voice echo canceller used for a communication line or a video conference device, LMS (Least Mean Squre) is used.
) An operation is performed to cancel the echo by an adaptive filter operation or the like by an algorithm. However, in reality, it is impossible to completely cancel the echo signal, and an echo-cancelled signal exists (residual echo). signal).

【0003】このようなエコー消去処理で消し残った残
留エコー信号に損失を与えて減衰させるNLP( Non L
inear Processor )機能がある。このNLP機能を装備
した従来の技術によるエコーキャンセラを図2に示す。
この図において、符号1は適応フィルタ部、2はNLP
減衰器、6は送信信号、7は受信信号であり、10はエ
コー信号を示す。
[0003] An NLP (Non LLP) which attenuates the residual echo signal remaining after the echo cancellation processing by giving a loss.
inear Processor) function. FIG. 2 shows a conventional echo canceller equipped with the NLP function.
In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an adaptive filter unit, and 2 denotes an NLP.
An attenuator, 6 is a transmission signal, 7 is a reception signal, and 10 is an echo signal.

【0004】[0004]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】ところが上述の方法に
よるNLP減衰器の機能は、背景雑音として到来してい
る微少ノイズ信号も抑圧してしまうため、発話する度
に、そのノイズが途切れてしまい、結果的に背景ノイズ
の挿抜が発話者に違和感を与えてしまうため、通話品質
の劣化につながるという欠点があり、課題となってい
た。
However, the function of the NLP attenuator according to the above-described method suppresses a minute noise signal arriving as background noise, so that the noise is interrupted every time a speech is made. As a result, the insertion and removal of the background noise gives a speaker a sense of incongruity, which leads to a problem that the communication quality is deteriorated, which has been a problem.

【0005】本発明はこのような背景の下になされたも
ので、通話時の背景ノイズが途切れる等の違和感をなく
したエコーキャンセラを提供することを目的とする。
The present invention has been made under such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide an echo canceller which eliminates a sense of discomfort such as interruption of background noise during a call.

【0006】[0006]

【課題を解決するための手段】請求項1に記載の発明
は、エコー信号を消去するための適応フィルタ部と、こ
の適応フィルタを通過した残留エコー信号を抑圧するた
めのNLP減衰器と、背景ノイズの周波数成分およびレ
ベルの分析を行う周波数分析器と、この周波数分析器に
よる分析結果に基づいて疑似背景ノイズを発生させる疑
似背景ノイズ発生器と、この疑似背景ノイズ発生器の出
力を抑制する減衰器と、この減衰器の出力と前記NLP
減衰器の出力とを加算する加算器とからなり、この加算
器の加算出力を送信信号としたことを特徴とするエコー
キャンセラを提供する。
According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an adaptive filter section for canceling an echo signal, an NLP attenuator for suppressing a residual echo signal passed through the adaptive filter, and a background. A frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequency component and level of noise, a pseudo background noise generator for generating pseudo background noise based on the analysis result of the frequency analyzer, and an attenuation for suppressing the output of the pseudo background noise generator And the output of the attenuator and the NLP
An echo canceller comprising an adder for adding the output of the attenuator and using the added output of the adder as a transmission signal.

【0007】請求項2に記載の発明は、前記疑似背景ノ
イズ発生器および前記減衰器が、この減衰器出力が前記
背景ノイズ信号と同じレベルで且つ同じ周波数成分の疑
似背景ノイズを発生することを特徴とする請求項1に記
載のエコーキャンセラを提供する。
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the pseudo background noise generator and the attenuator generate pseudo background noise having the same level and the same frequency component as the background noise signal at the output of the attenuator. An echo canceller according to claim 1 is provided.

【0008】また請求項3に記載の発明は、前記疑似背
景ノイズが、前記NLP減衰器の抑圧量(X)に対して、
(1−X2)1/2の抑圧量で減衰された後、NLP減衰器の
出力信号と加算されることを特徴とする請求項1または
2に記載のエコーキャンセラを提供する。
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pseudo background noise is expressed by the following expression (X) with respect to the suppression amount (X) of the NLP attenuator.
3. The echo canceller according to claim 1, wherein the signal is attenuated by a suppression amount of (1−X 2 ) 1/2 and then added to an output signal of an NLP attenuator.

【0009】[0009]

【発明の実施の形態】以下、この発明の一実施形態につ
いて図を参照しながら説明する。図1はこの発明の一実
施形態によるエコーキャンセラの構成を示すブロック図
である。この図において、符号1はエコー信号を消去す
るための適応フィルタ部、2はこの適応フィルタを通過
した残留エコー信号を抑圧するためのNLP減衰器、8
は背景ノイズの周波数成分およびレベルの分析を行う周
波数分析器、9はこの周波数分析器による分析結果に基
づいて疑似背景ノイズを発生させる疑似背景ノイズ発生
器、5はこの疑似背景ノイズ発生器の出力を抑制する減
衰器、3はこの減衰器の出力と前記NLP減衰器の出力
とを加算する加算器であり、この加算器の加算出力を送
信信号として、図に示すように配設される。
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an echo canceller according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an adaptive filter unit for eliminating an echo signal, 2 denotes an NLP attenuator for suppressing a residual echo signal passed through the adaptive filter, 8
Is a frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequency component and level of the background noise, 9 is a pseudo background noise generator for generating a pseudo background noise based on the analysis result by the frequency analyzer, and 5 is an output of the pseudo background noise generator Is an adder for adding the output of the attenuator and the output of the NLP attenuator, and is provided as shown in the figure, using the added output of the adder as a transmission signal.

【0010】次に図1を参照してこの実施形態の動作を
説明する。適応フィルタ部1はエコー信号10を消去す
るように動作する。この適応フィルタ部1では、ディジ
タル信号処理のLMSアルゴリズム等でエコー消去演算
を行う。しかし、現実的には、エコー信号を完全に消去
することは不可能であり、エコーの消し残り信号が存在
してしまう(残留エコー信号)。
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The adaptive filter unit 1 operates to cancel the echo signal 10. The adaptive filter unit 1 performs an echo cancellation operation using an LMS algorithm of digital signal processing or the like. However, in reality, it is impossible to completely eliminate the echo signal, and an echo cancellation signal remains (a residual echo signal).

【0011】一般的にエコーキャンセラでは、この残留
エコー信号を抑圧させる目的で、NLP( Non Linear P
rocessor )という機能を備えている。これは、残留エコ
ー信号に損失を与えて減衰させるものであり、エコーが
発生し、残留エコー信号が発生した際に、損失(例えば
損失値30dB)を与えるもので、エコーの発生しない場合
には、無損失(損失=0dB)になるよう動作させるもので
ある。このような動作により、損失が与えられた場合に
は、残留エコー信号を聞きとれないレベルまで減衰させ
ることが可能であり、エコー感をなくした通話が得られ
る。
In general, in an echo canceller, an NLP (Non-linear PLP) is used to suppress the residual echo signal.
rocessor). This is to give a loss to the residual echo signal and attenuate it.When an echo is generated and the residual echo signal is generated, a loss (for example, a loss value of 30 dB) is given, and when no echo is generated, The operation is performed so that there is no loss (loss = 0 dB). By such an operation, when a loss is given, it is possible to attenuate the residual echo signal to an inaudible level, and a call without echo feeling can be obtained.

【0012】しかし、この利点の一方で、背景ノイズと
して到来している微少ノイズ信号も抑圧してしまうた
め、発話する度にそのノイズが途切れてしまい、結果的
に背景ノイズの挿抜が発話者に違和感を与えてしまうと
いう欠点がある。これを解決するために、この実施形態
では次のようなしくみをとる。背景ノイズを周波数分析
器8により、各周波数成分のレベルを算出する。算出さ
れた結果から、同じ周波数成分で、且つ同じレベルとな
るように疑似背景ノイズ発生器9によって疑似背景ノイ
ズを発生させる。周波数分析器8および前記疑似背景ノ
イズ発生器9は、バンドパスフィルタ処理やFFT演算
処理などの手段を応用して構成される。
However, on the other hand, on the other hand, a small noise signal arriving as background noise is also suppressed, so that the noise is interrupted every time a speech is made. There is a disadvantage of giving a sense of incongruity. In order to solve this, this embodiment employs the following mechanism. The level of each frequency component is calculated from the background noise by the frequency analyzer 8. From the calculated result, pseudo background noise is generated by the pseudo background noise generator 9 so as to have the same frequency component and the same level. The frequency analyzer 8 and the pseudo background noise generator 9 are configured by applying means such as band-pass filter processing and FFT operation processing.

【0013】疑似背景ノイズ信号を加算器3により、残
留エコー信号をNLP減衰器2で抑圧した(NLP機
能)信号に加算する。その際、加算後の信号が、背景ノ
イズと同じレベルとなるように減衰器5によって損失を
与えることが必要である。疑似背景ノイズ発生器9によ
る疑似背景ノイズと背景ノイズは同じレベルになってい
ることを条件にして、減衰器2の損失値がX(0.5倍等
の係数)であった場合には、減衰器5の損失値が、(1
−X2)1/2になるようにすると、加算後のノイズ信号を
背景ノイズレベルと同じにすることが可能である。
The pseudo background noise signal is added by the adder 3 to the signal (NLP function) whose residual echo signal is suppressed by the NLP attenuator 2. At this time, it is necessary to provide a loss by the attenuator 5 so that the signal after the addition has the same level as the background noise. Provided that the pseudo background noise and the background noise by the pseudo background noise generator 9 are at the same level, if the loss value of the attenuator 2 is X (a coefficient such as 0.5 times), the attenuator The loss value of 5 is (1
−X 2 ) 1/2 makes it possible to make the noise signal after addition the same as the background noise level.

【0014】以上、本発明の一実施形態の動作を図面を
参照して詳述してきたが、本発明はこの実施形態に限ら
れるものではなく、本発明の要旨を逸脱しない範囲の設
計変更等があっても本発明に含まれる。
The operation of one embodiment of the present invention has been described above in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and a design change or the like may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. The present invention is also included in the present invention.

【0015】[0015]

【発明の効果】これまでに説明したように、この発明に
よれば、背景ノイズと同じ周波数成分で、且つ同じレベ
ルの疑似背景ノイズをNLP減衰器によるエコー抑圧信
号に加算するようにしたので、背景ノイズの挿抜の違和
感がなくなるという効果が得られる。
As described above, according to the present invention, pseudo background noise having the same frequency component and the same level as the background noise is added to the echo suppression signal by the NLP attenuator. The effect of eliminating the uncomfortable feeling of background noise insertion / extraction can be obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】 本発明の一実施形態によるエコーキャンセラ
の構成を示すブロック図である。
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an echo canceller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

【図2】 NLP機能のみを装備した従来のエコーキャ
ンセラの構成を示すブロック図である。
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional echo canceller equipped with only an NLP function.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1…適応フィルタ部 2…NLP用減衰器 3…加算器 5…減衰器 6…送信信号 7…受信信号 8…周波数分析器 9…疑似背景ノイズ発生器 10…エコー信号 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Adaptive filter part 2 ... NLP attenuator 3 ... Adder 5 ... Attenuator 6 ... Transmission signal 7 ... Reception signal 8 ... Frequency analyzer 9 ... Pseudo background noise generator 10 ... Echo signal

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 エコー信号を消去するための適応フィル
タ部と、 この適応フィルタを通過した残留エコー信号を抑圧する
ためのNLP減衰器と、 背景ノイズの周波数成分およびレベルの分析を行う周波
数分析器と、 この周波数分析器による分析結果に基づいて疑似背景ノ
イズを発生させる疑似背景ノイズ発生器と、 この疑似背景ノイズ発生器の出力を抑制する減衰器と、 この減衰器の出力と前記NLP減衰器の出力とを加算す
る加算器とからなり、 この加算器の加算出力を送信信号としたことを特徴とす
るエコーキャンセラ。
1. An adaptive filter section for canceling an echo signal, an NLP attenuator for suppressing a residual echo signal passed through the adaptive filter, and a frequency analyzer for analyzing a frequency component and a level of background noise A pseudo-background noise generator for generating pseudo-background noise based on the analysis result by the frequency analyzer; an attenuator for suppressing the output of the pseudo-background noise generator; an output of the attenuator and the NLP attenuator And an adder for adding the output of the echo canceller, wherein the added output of the adder is used as a transmission signal.
【請求項2】 前記疑似背景ノイズ発生器および前記減
衰器は、この減衰器出力が前記背景ノイズ信号と同じレ
ベルで且つ同じ周波数成分の疑似背景ノイズを発生する
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載のエコーキャンセラ。
2. The pseudo background noise generator and the attenuator, wherein the output of the attenuator generates pseudo background noise having the same level and the same frequency component as the background noise signal. The described echo canceller.
【請求項3】 前記疑似背景ノイズは、 前記NLP減衰器の抑圧量(X)に対して、(1−X2)1/2
の抑圧量で減衰された後、NLP減衰器の出力信号と加
算されることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のエ
コーキャンセラ。
3. The pseudo background noise is represented by (1-X 2 ) 1/2 with respect to the suppression amount (X) of the NLP attenuator.
3. The echo canceller according to claim 1, wherein the signal is added to an output signal of an NLP attenuator after being attenuated by the amount of suppression.
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