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Granted Patent B2
US 10,984,779 · App. 16/827,616 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Audio adjustment method and associated audio adjustment device for active noise cancellation

Inventors: Chun-Ming Cho (Hsinchu, TW); Wei-Hung He (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
G10K11/17854G10K11/17873G10K2210/1081G10K2210/3027G10K2210/3028
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Patent No.
US 10,984,779
App. No.
16/827,616
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an audio adjustment method and associated audio adjustment device for active noise cancellation. The audio adjustment method includes: broadcasting a single tone having a frequency f k ; generating M sets of filtering coefficients regarding the frequency f k , wherein each set of filtering coefficients within the M sets of filtering coefficients includes a combination of an amplitude and a phase, and the M sets of filtering coefficients are different from one another; determining an m th set of filtering coefficients from the M sets of filtering coefficients to minimize energy corresponding to the frequency f k ; and adjusting the single tone with the m th set of filtering coefficients to obtain an adjusted single tone corresponding to the frequency f k .

Claims (31)

1. An audio adjustment method for active noise cancellation, comprising:

obtaining multiple optimal noise cancellation responses of multiple frequencies, comprising:

for each frequency f k of the multiple frequencies:

broadcasting a single tone having said each frequency f k ;

generating M sets of filtering coefficients regarding said each frequency f k , wherein each set of filtering coefficients within the M sets of filtering coefficients comprises a combination of an amplitude and a phase, and the M sets of filtering coefficients are different from one another;

determining a m th set of filtering coefficients from the M sets of filtering coefficients to minimize energy corresponding to said each frequency f k , wherein the amplitude and the phase of the m th set of filtering coefficients represents an optimal noise cancellation response corresponding to said each frequency f k ; and

adjusting the single tone with the m th set of filtering coefficients to obtain an adjusted single tone corresponding to said each frequency f k ; and

determining a final set of active noise cancellation coefficients according to the multiple optimal noise cancellation responses of the multiple frequencies.

2. The audio adjustment method of claim 1 , wherein the step of adjusting the single tone with the m th set of filtering coefficients to obtain the adjusted single tone corresponding to said each frequency f k comprises:

utilizing an amplitude and a phase corresponding to the m th set of filtering coefficients to be a frequency response of said each frequency f k ; and

determining the adjusted single tone according to the frequency response of said each frequency f k .

3. The audio adjustment method of claim 1 , wherein the single tone is received by an audio receiver, wherein the audio receiver is installed in an artificial head device, the artificial head device comprises a human ear mechanism, and the audio receiver is installed in the human ear mechanism.

4. The audio adjustment method of claim 1 , wherein the energy corresponding to said each frequency f k is P k =E(|c k *r m | 2 ), wherein E is a function symbol, r m is an audio signal received based on the m th set of coefficients, and c k is a band-pass filtering coefficient.

5. The audio adjustment method of claim 1 , wherein an operating environment of the audio adjustment method is an anechoic environment.

6. An audio adjustment device, comprising:

an external audio source, configured to broadcast a single tone;

an earphone;

an artificial head device, comprising an audio receiver, configured to receive the single tone, wherein the earphone is positioned on the artificial head device; and

an audio adjustment circuit, coupled to the artificial head device, configured to perform the following operations:

obtaining multiple optimal noise cancellation responses of multiple frequencies, comprising:

for each frequency f k of the multiple frequencies:

controlling the external audio source to broadcast the single tone having said each frequency f k ;

generating M sets of filtering coefficients regarding said each frequency f k , wherein each set of filtering coefficients within the M sets of filtering coefficients comprises a combination of an amplitude and a phase, and the M sets of filtering coefficients are different from one another;

determining a m th set of filtering coefficients from the M sets of filtering coefficients to minimize energy corresponding to said each frequency f k , wherein the amplitude and the phase of the m th set of filtering coefficients represents an optimal noise cancellation response corresponding to said each frequency f k ; and

adjusting the single tone with the m th set of filtering coefficients to obtain an adjusted single tone corresponding to said each frequency f k for being broadcast by the earphone; and

determining a final set of active noise cancellation coefficients according to the multiple optimal noise cancellation responses of the multiple frequencies.

7. The audio adjustment device of claim 6 , wherein the artificial head device comprises a human ear mechanism, and the audio receiver is installed in the human ear mechanism.

8. The audio adjustment device of claim 6 , wherein the operations of the audio adjustment circuit further comprise:

utilizing an amplitude and a phase corresponding to the m th set of filtering coefficients to be a frequency response of said each frequency f k ; and

determining the adjusted single tone according to the frequency response of said each frequency f k .

9. The audio adjustment device of claim 6 , wherein the energy corresponding to said each frequency f k is P m =E(|c k *r n | 2 ), wherein E is a function symbol, r m is an audio signal received based on the m th set of coefficients, and c k is a band-pass filtering coefficient.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: CHO, CHUN-MING; HE, WEI-HUNG
To: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
Reel/Frame 052199/0966 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108113494 · Apr 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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