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Signal source separation partially based on non-sensor information

US10473628B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2013
Grant dateNov 12, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N29/14
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In environments (such as acoustic and bioelectrical environments) characterized by multiple simultaneous sources, effective blind source separation from sensor response mixtures becomes difficult as the number of sources increases—especially when the true number of sources is both unknown and changing over time. However, in some environments, non-sensor information can provide useful hypotheses for some sources. Embodiments of the present invention provide an adaptive filtering architecture for validating such source hypotheses, extracting an estimated representation of source signals corresponding to valid hypotheses, and improving the separation of the remaining “hidden” source signals from the sensor response mixtures.

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