WO2005117254A1 - 音響装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an audio device that is used in, for example, audio equipment and includes an automatic gain variable device that automatically sets an appropriate amplification degree in accordance with the signal strength of an input audio signal from a microphone or the like.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic gain variable device of the conventional audio device disclosed in Patent Document 1.
- a conventional automatic gain variable device 90 shown in FIG. 9 includes a signal amplifying section 91, a signal strength detecting section 92, a signal strength holding section 93, and a signal gain setting section 94.
- the signal amplifying section 91 amplifies the input signal Si with the gain set by the signal gain setting section 94 and outputs it as an output signal So.
- the signal strength detection unit 92 detects the signal strength of the input signal Si for a predetermined period.
- the signal strength holding unit 93 holds the maximum signal strength detection result detected by the signal strength detection unit 92.
- the signal gain setting section 94 sets a constant gain corresponding to the maximum signal strength held by the signal strength holding section 93 in the signal amplification section 91.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-11 75286
- the conventional audio apparatus sets the gain based on the result of detecting the input signal strength within one predetermined period, so that it is suitable for both the average signal strength and the instantaneous signal strength of the input voice. There is a problem that the gain cannot be set, and the tracking of the gain adjustment to the input audio signal becomes unnatural.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an audio device capable of automatically setting a gain suitable for both an average signal intensity and an instantaneous signal intensity of an input voice. With the goal.
- the audio device of the present invention is an audio device that automatically sets an appropriate amplification degree according to the signal intensity of an input audio signal, and sets a gain according to an average signal intensity of the input audio signal within a predetermined period.
- First gain setting means for adjusting the signal strength of the input audio signal with the gain set by the first gain setting means, and output sound of the first signal amplification means.
- Second gain setting means for setting a gain in accordance with the instantaneous signal strength of the signal; and combining the gain set by the first gain setting means and the gain set by the second gain setting means.
- a second signal amplifying means for adjusting the signal strength of the input audio signal with the gain calculated by the gain calculating means.
- the audio device includes a switch for setting on and off of the automatic gain variable operation, and an input and output of the second signal amplifying unit for the gain calculator when the switch is set to off. And control means for setting a gain that does not change the signal strength.
- the acoustic device of the present invention includes a display means for visualizing the gain calculated by the gain calculating means.
- the automatic gain variable method is an automatic gain variable method for automatically setting an appropriate amplification factor according to the signal strength of an input audio signal, and the average signal strength of the input audio signal within a predetermined period.
- the acoustic device of the present invention provides two gains, a gain according to the average signal strength by the first gain setting means and a gain according to the instantaneous signal strength by the second gain setting means. Since the gain of the second signal amplifying means is set by combining, the follow-up of the gain adjustment with respect to the input audio signal is improved, and the variable gain control can be performed without feeling uncomfortable.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital audio device incorporating an automatic gain variable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of a DSP for realizing an automatic gain variable device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a switch section of a digital audio device incorporating the automatic gain variable device of FIG. 1
- FIG. 4 A diagram showing a display section of a digital audio device incorporating the automatic gain variable device of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing input / output characteristics of the automatic gain variable device of FIG. 1 according to a gain A;
- FIG. 6 Diagram showing input / output characteristics of automatic gain variable device of FIG. 1 with gain B
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a change in gain C when the automatic gain variable operation of the automatic gain variable device in FIG. 1 is on and off.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a display section of a digital audio device incorporating the automatic gain variable device of FIG. 1
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional automatic gain variable device.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital audio device which is an audio device in which an automatic gain variable device according to one embodiment of the present invention is incorporated.
- a digital audio device 1 in which an automatic gain variable device according to the present embodiment is incorporated is a head amplifier that amplifies a weak audio input signal from a microphone 2 to an input level of an AD converter 4. 3, an AD converter 4 that converts the audio input signal of three head amplifiers into a digital signal, a DSP (digital signal processor) 5 that processes the audio input signal digitally converted by the AD converter 4, and a DSP 5 DA converter 6 for converting the output audio signal of the power signal into an analog signal, CPU 7 for controlling DSP 5, operation unit 8 for giving a command for controlling DSP 5 via CPU 7, and DSP 5 via CPU 7. And a display unit (corresponding to a display means) 9 for displaying to the user.
- the DSP 5 implements the automatic gain variable device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the DSP 5 which is responsible for signal processing in the automatic gain variable device of the digital audio device 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the DSP 5 has a gain setting unit 20 for setting a gain from an average audio intensity of the audio input signal Si within a predetermined period, and a signal intensity of the input audio signal Si with a gain A set by the gain setting unit 20.
- a gain setting unit 22 that sets the gain according to the instantaneous signal strength of the output audio signal of the signal amplification unit 21, a gain B and a gain setting unit 20 set by the gain setting unit 22.
- a gain calculator 23 that multiplies the gain A set by the above, a gain calculator 23, a signal amplifier 24 that adjusts the signal strength of the input audio signal Si with the gain C thus set, and a DSP 5 connected to the CPU 7. And a CPU interface 25.
- the signal amplifier 24 outputs the input audio signal Si with the adjusted signal strength as the output audio signal So.
- the gain setting section 20 corresponds to first gain setting means
- the signal amplifying section 21 corresponds to first signal amplifying means
- the gain setting section 22 corresponds to second gain setting means.
- the gain calculator 23 corresponds to a gain calculator
- the signal amplifier 24 corresponds to a second signal amplifier.
- the operation unit 8 includes, as shown in FIG. 3, an on switch (corresponding to switch means) 31 for turning on the automatic gain variable operation and an off switch (switch) for turning off the automatic gain variable operation. 32) are provided. Note that the on / off of the automatic gain variable operation may be switched by one switch.
- the display unit 9 is provided with a meter 41 composed of a plurality of LEDs (light-emitting diodes) arranged in a straight line. Is displayed.
- the gain “1” that does not change the signal strength at the input and output is Od B
- the eight resolutions of 2, 14, 4, 16, 18, 18, 10, 15, 20 dB It is displayed at the meeting. Note that this resolution is an example, and is not limited to this.
- digital audio device 1 of the present embodiment operates at a sampling frequency of 48 kHz.
- the gain of the signal amplifying unit 24 is fixed to “1” which is a gain that does not change the signal strength at input and output. As described above, this gain "1" Expressed as B. Further, even if the audio input signal Si is small, the amplification degree of the power amplifier 10 is set such that the signal is output from the speaker 11 with necessary and sufficient intensity. In this case, if the voice input signal Si is large, the sound is output from the speaker 11 with an excessive intensity, and discomfort such as a broken sound is given to the user who is the listener.
- the gain setting unit 20 detects the average value of the signal strength of the input audio signal Si every second, that is, every 48000 sampling periods, and finds that the average value is 40 dBFS (digital full scale value). (Relative value to OdB is expressed in dBFS)), the gain A is set by changing the gain by 0.5 dB, and the gain decreases to reach the gain value with input / output characteristics shown in Fig. 5. Is continued every second. When the average value of the signal strength is ⁇ 40 dB FS or less, the gain A is set by changing the gain by +1 dB, and the gain increase is changed by 1 to reach the gain value having the input / output characteristics shown in FIG. Continue every second. Then, the signal amplifying unit 21 adjusts the signal strength of the audio input signal Si with the gain A for each sampling period, and makes the signal input to the gain setting unit 22.
- the gain setting unit 22 detects an instantaneous value of the signal strength at each sampling period, and when the instantaneous value is equal to or more than -20 dBFS, sets the gain B by changing the gain. The change of the gain drop is continued for each sampling cycle until the gain value becomes a characteristic value.
- the input / output characteristics shown in FIG. 6 are generally called limiter characteristics in audio equipment, and various gain changing methods are known, and gain B changes with a constant time constant.
- the gain calculator 23 multiplies the gain A and the gain B for each sampling period to calculate a gain C, and gives the result to the signal amplifier 24.
- the signal amplifier 24 adjusts the signal strength of the audio input signal Si with the gain C, and outputs the output audio signal So.
- the CPU 7 sends the gain A and the gain A of the gain calculation unit 23 through the CPU interface 25 in the DSP 5.
- the gain C is calculated by equation (1) for each sampling cycle.
- the initial value of Cn-1 is the gain Cx at the last time point when the power is on, and Cn-1 is defined as the calculated value Cn one sampling period before.
- ⁇ a time constant of 1 or less
- the gain C smoothly changes from the gain Cx at the last point of the ON time to “1” and converges to “1”.
- Fig. 7 schematically shows an example of the change in gain C. Cx varies in the range of 0 to 130 dB.
- the CPU 7 sends the gain setting unit 20 to the gain calculation unit 23 via the CPU interface 25 in the DSP 5. And the gain B from the gain setting unit 22 are set. Then, the gain C is calculated by equation (1) for each sampling cycle.
- Fig. 7 schematically shows an example of the change in gain C.
- the user can clearly recognize the automatic gain variable effect at the time of on.
- the gain at the time of ON and at the time of OFF smoothly change, generation of abnormal noise at the time of switching can be suppressed.
- the gain C calculated by the gain calculator 23 is sent to the CPU 7 via the CPU interface 25 in the DSP 5.
- the CPU 7 turns on the meter 41 of the display unit 9 stepwise according to the value of the gain C. For example, if the gain is OdB, including when it is off, light the OdB section as shown in Fig. 8 (a). When the gain is -10dB, as shown in Fig. 8 (b), 0, -2,- 4, 6, 8, 1 Turn on the 10 dB section.
- the user can confirm the gain change due to the automatic gain variable operation including the ON and OFF operations on the display of the meter 41, and the user clearly recognizes the effect of the automatic gain variable operation. be able to.
- the audio input signal Si is multiplied by the gain according to the average signal strength and the two gains according to the instantaneous signal strength. Then, since the gain for the audio input signal Si is set, the follow-up of the gain adjustment to the audio input signal Si is improved, and the variable gain control can be performed without discomfort.
- an off switch 32 and an on switch 31 capable of setting on and off of the automatic gain variable operation are provided, and when off, the signal strength is not changed by the input / output of the signal amplifying section 24 to the gain calculating section 23. Since the gain is set to “1”, the user can clearly recognize the automatic gain variable effect at the time of ON. Further, since the gain at the time of ON and at the time of OFF are smoothly changed in the gain calculating section 23, generation of abnormal noise at the time of switching can be suppressed.
- the meter 41 for visualizing the gain calculated by the gain calculator 23 is provided, the user can clearly recognize the effect of the automatic gain variable operation.
- the gain setting unit 20 detects the average audio intensity of the audio input signal Si within a predetermined period, but may detect the maximum value within the predetermined period. Alternatively, it may be calculated using a relational expression between the maximum value and the average value. Further, the maximum value and the average value may be detected in different predetermined periods.
- the automatic gain variable device provided in the digital audio device has been described.
- the present invention can be applied to an analog audio device.
- the present invention provides appropriate amplification according to the signal strength of a voice input signal such as a microphone. Application to audio equipment that automatically sets the degree is possible.
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