A hybrid microphone array post-filter in a diffuse noise field

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 546-557

  Li, Junfeng ^a   Akagi, Masato ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherence function; Diffuse noise filed; Hybrid post filter; Microphone array

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; CORRELATION THEORY; MICROPHONES; SOUND RECORDING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

CHANNEL RECORDINGS; COHERENCE FUNCTIONS; DIFFUSE NOISE FILEDS; HYBRID POST FILTERS; SINGLE CHANNEL WIENER POST FILTERS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 41849128109     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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