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Adaptive mode control apparatus and method for adaptive beamforming based on detection of user direction sound

US8774952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2009
Grant dateJul 8, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K2210/111
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
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Abstract

An adaptive mode control apparatus and method for adaptive beamforming based on detection of a user direction sound are provided. The adaptive mode control apparatus includes a signal intensity detector that searches for signal intensity of each designated direction to detect signal intensity having a maximum value when a voice signal of each direction is input through at least one microphone; and an adaptive mode controller that compares the signal intensity having the maximum value detected through the signal intensity detector with a threshold value and determines whether to perform an adaptive mode of a Generalized Sidelobe Canceller (GSC) according to the comparison results. Therefore, a lack of control of adaptation of an adaptive filter of the conventional art is solved. That is, as one condition for guaranteeing performance of adaptive beamforming, adaptation of an adaptive filter is not performed when noise of a sound with a high autocorrelation is cancelled.

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