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Varying adaptive filter step size in acoustic echo cancellation

US9361874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 2014
Grant dateJun 7, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M9/082
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for acoustic echo cancellation varies a step size of an adaptive filter in an acoustic echo canceller. Far-end data is received and echo estimate data is calculated using the received far-end data. Microphone data is received and error data is calculated using the received microphone data and the echo estimate data. A first average of the microphone data and a second average of the error data are computed over a predefined number of samples. An echo leakage is estimated using the first average and the second average wherein the echo leakage indicates an extent to which the far-end data is present in the error data, and the step size of the adaptive filter is varied based on the echo leakage and a maximum allowed step size.

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