Automatic optimization scheme of spectral subtraction based on musical noise assessment via higher-order statistics

Y Uemura, Y Takahashi, H Saruwatari, K Shikano… - 2008 - naist.repo.nii.ac.jp
In this paper, we propose a new optimization scheme of the strength of spectral subtraction
based on musical noise assessment via higherorder statistics. Spectral subtraction often …

[HTML][HTML] Musical-noise-free noise reduction by using biased harmonic regeneration and considering relationship between a priori SNR and sound quality

M Une, R Miyazaki - Applied Acoustics, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on two representative single-microphone noise reduction problems:
speech distortion and musical noise. Many noise reduction methods have been proposed …

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

J Li, M Akagi, Y Suzuki - IEICE transactions on fundamentals of …, 2008 - search.ieice.org
In this paper, we propose a two-microphone noise reduction method to deal with non-
stationary interfering noises in multiple-noise-source environments in which the traditional …

Blind signal extraction based speech enhancement in presence of diffuse background noise

J Even, H Saruwatari, K Shikano - 2009 IEEE/SP 15th …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new frequency domain blind signal extraction (FD-BSE) method for
the extraction of a target speech in presence of diffuse background noise. This is a fast …

Blind source extraction for hands-free speech recognition based on wiener filtering and ICA-based noise estimation

Y Takahashi, K Osako, H Saruwatari… - 2008 Hands-Free …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we proposed a new blind speech extraction method consisting of Wiener
filtering and noise estimation based on independent component analysis (ICA). First, we …

Semi-blind suppression of internal noise for hands-free robot spoken dialog system

J Even, H Sawada, H Saruwatari… - 2009 IEEE/RSJ …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The speech enhancement architecture presented in this paper is specifically developed for
hands-free robot spoken dialog systems. It is designed to take advantage of additional …

Musical-noise-free speech enhancement with low speech distortion by biased harmonic regeneration technique

M Une, R Miyazaki - 2018 16th International Workshop on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many noise reduction techniques generate two frequently occurring problems: speech
distortion and musical noise. A number of methods have been proposed to solve these …

Musical noise analysis based on higher order statistics for microphone array and nonlinear signal processing

Y Takahashi, Y Uemura, H Saruwatari… - … , Speech and Signal …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we conduct an analysis for reduction of musical noise in integration method of
microphone array signal processing and nonlinear signal processing. In these days, for …

An improved permutation solver for blind signal separation based front-ends in robot audition

J Even, H Saruwatari, K Shikano - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The model of the human/machine hands-free speech interface is defined as a point source
(the user voice) and a diffuse background noise. This situation is very different from the …

Real-time implementation of blind spatial subtraction array for hands-free robot spoken dialogue system

Y Takahashi, H Saruwatari… - 2008 IEEE/RSJ …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we construct a hands-free robot spoken dialogue system based on the real-
time blind spatial subtraction array (BSSA) and evaluate the system. BSSA is the blind …