Source separation, dereverberation and noise reduction using LCMV beamformer and postfilter

Ofer Schwartz, Sebastian Braun, Sharon Gannot, Emanuël A.P. Habets

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Abstract

The problem of source separation, dereverberation and noise reduction using a microphone array is addressed in this paper. The observed speech is modeled by two components, namely the early speech (including the direct path and some early reflections) and the late reverberation. The minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimator of the early speech components of the various speakers is derived, which jointly suppresses the noise and the overall reverberation from all speakers. The overall time-varying level of the reverberation is estimated using two different estimators, an estimator based on a temporal model and an estimator based on a spatial model. The experimental study consists of measured acoustic transfer functions (ATFs) and directional noise with various signal-to-noise ratio levels. The separation, dereverberation and noise reduction performance is examined in terms of perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ) and signal-to-interference plus noise ratio improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLatent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation - 13th International Conference, LVA/ICA 2017, Proceedings
EditorsPetr Tichavsky, Massoud Babaie-Zadeh, Olivier J.J. Michel, Nadege Thirion-Moreau
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages182-191
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319535463
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event13th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICA 2017 - Grenoble, France
Duration: 21 Feb 201723 Feb 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10169 LNCS

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICA 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityGrenoble
Period21/02/1723/02/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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