Nonlinear acoustic echo control using an accelerometer

Tushar Gupta, Seth B. Suppappola, Andreas Spanias

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

7 Scopus citations

Abstract

A typical echo canceller uses an FIR adaptive filter to estimate the impulse response of the near-end echo path. However nonlinear echo components due to the loudspeaker and driving amplifier are not captured by such an arrangement. We propose a novel scheme for nonlinear acoustic echo cancellation where an accelerometer sensor captures loudspeaker vibration and this sensor signal is used along with the error signal to adapt the adaptive filter coefficients. The accelerometer sensor is used in lieu of explicit nonlinear modeling in the echo cancelling loop and hence it is compatible with typical NLMS and RLS echo cancellation algorithms. Experiments with an accelerometer mounted on the magnet of a hands-free kit show an echo reduction improvement by as much as 15 dB in situations of nonlinear loudspeaker distortion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - Proceedings, ICASSP 2009
Pages1313-1316
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 23 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2009 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: Apr 19 2009Apr 24 2009

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other2009 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2009
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period4/19/094/24/09

Keywords

  • Accelerometer
  • NLMS
  • Nonlinear acoustic echo cancellation
  • RLS
  • Total non-coherent distortion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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