IP Library Granted Patent US 10,789,968
Granted Patent B2
US 10,789,968 · App. 16/548,877 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Sound playback device and noise reducing method thereof

Inventors: Yu-Chieh Huang (Taipei, TW); Kuo-Ping Yang (Taipei, TW); Po-Jui Wu (Taipei, TW); Kuan-Li Chao (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: UNLIMITER MFA CO., LTD
G10L21/0232G10L25/51
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Patent No.
US 10,789,968
App. No.
16/548,877
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sound playback device and a noise reducing method thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an input sound signal, wherein the input sound signal includes a noise; performing a first denoising processing procedure to the input sound signal to obtain a first processing sound signal; performing a noise analysis procedure to the input sound signal to generate an analysis result; performing a second denoising processing procedure to the first processing sound signal to obtain a second processing sound signal according to the analysis result so as to reduce the noise; and outputting the second processing sound signal.

Claims (25)

1. A noise reducing method, comprising the steps of:

receiving an input sound signal, wherein the input sound signal includes a noise;

performing a first denoising processing procedure to the input sound signal to obtain a first processing sound signal;

performing a noise analysis procedure to the input sound signal to generate an analysis result, wherein the analysis result is a mask value;

performing a second denoising processing procedure to the first processing sound signal according to the analysis result, so as to reduce the noise to obtain a second processing sound signal; and

outputting the second processing sound signal.

2. The noise reducing method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first denoising processing procedure is an artificial intelligence denoising processing procedure for self-learning induction and classification from a mass data, and self-adjusting internal parameters to perform processing to the input sound signal.

3. The noise reducing method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the step of performing the noise analysis procedure is to perform a non-artificial intelligence analysis procedure, wherein the non-artificial intelligence analysis procedure is a noise estimation analysis procedure.

4. The noise reducing method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the noise analysis procedure for analyzing a speech presence probability comprises the following steps:

comparing the strength of the input sound signal with a previous frame estimated noise strength to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio;

calculating an estimated noise strength according to the signal-to-noise ratio; and

analyzing the strength of the input sound signal and the estimated noise strength to generate the analysis result.

5. The noise reducing method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second denoising processing procedure is used for reducing partial strength of the first processing sound signal by the mask value to eliminate the noise.

6. A sound playback device, comprising:

a sound receiving module, used for receiving an input sound signal, wherein the input sound signal includes a noise;

a first processing module, electrically connected to the sound receiving module, used for performing a first denoising processing procedure to the input sound signal to obtain a first processing sound signal;

a second processing module, electrically connected to the sound receiving module and the first processing module, used for performing a noise analysis procedure to the input sound signal to generate an analysis result, wherein the analysis result is a mask value, wherein the second processing module is further used for performing a second denoising processing procedure to the first processing sound signal according to the analysis result, so as to reduce the noise to obtain a second processing sound signal; and

a sound output module, electrically connected to the second processing module, used for outputting the second processing sound signal.

7. The sound playback device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first processing module is used for performing an artificial intelligence denoising processing procedure for self-learning induction and classification from a mass data, and self-adjusting internal parameters to perform processing to the input sound signal.

8. The sound playback device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second processing module is used for performing a non-artificial intelligence analysis procedure, wherein the non-artificial intelligence analysis procedure is a noise estimation analysis procedure.

9. The sound playback device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second processing module further comprises:

a comparison module, used for comparing the strength of the input sound signal with a previous frame estimated noise strength to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio;

an estimation module, used for calculating an estimated noise strength according to the signal-to-noise ratio; and

an analysis module, used for analyzing the strength of the input sound signal and the estimated noise strength to generate the analysis result.

10. The sound playback device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second processing module further comprising a filter module used for reducing partial strength of the first processing sound signal by the mask value to eliminate the noise.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: PIXART IMAGING INC.
To: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 060591/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2020
From: UNLIMITER MFA CO., LTD.
To: PIXART IMAGING INC.
Reel/Frame 053985/0983 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2019
From: HUANG, YU-CHIEH; YANG, KUO-PING; WU, PO-JUI; CHAO, KUAN-LI
To: UNLIMITER MFA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050141/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 107135134 A · Oct 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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