A two-microphone noise reduction method in highly non-stationary multiple-noise-source environments

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E91-A, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1337-1346

  Li, Junfeng ^a,b   Akagi, Masato ^a   Suzuki, Yôiti ^b  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple noise source environments; Noise reduction; Non stationary noise; Virtually integrated sound source

Indexed keywords

NOISE ABATEMENT; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT;

DIRECTION FINDER; MULTIPLE NOISE SOURCES; NONSTATIONARY NOISE; QUALITY MEASURES; SINGLE CHANNELS; SOUND SOURCE; TWO MICROPHONES; TWO-MICROPHONE NOISE REDUCTION;

MICROPHONES;

EID: 68549087538     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: 17451337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e91-a.6.1337     Document Type: Article

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