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http://dx.doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2006.25.1.030

A Microphone Array Beamforming Algorithm with Inverse Filtering of Relative Transfer Functions in Car Environments  

Kang Hong-Goo (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
Hwang Youngsoo (관동대학교 전자정보통신기술공학부)
Youn Dae-Hee (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
Han Chul-Hee (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
Abstract
In this paper. we Propose a frequency domain beamforming algorithm composed of inverse-filtering stages followed by a MVDR (Minimum-Variance Distortionless Response) beamformer or a GSC (Generalized Sidelobe Canceller). The proposed method is shown to require less complexity than the conventional RTF-MVDR and TF-GSC. respectively, and it is shown that the Proposed method is equivalent to the conventional RTF-MVDR and TF-GSC in optimum solution. In order to evaluate the performance of the Proposed method. speech recognition experiments are performed using the speech database recorded in a car. The Proposed method shows equal or slightly degraded Performance comparing to the conventional methods in terms of the speech recognition rate.
Keywords
Microphone Array; Relative Transfer Function; Near-Field; Speech Recognition;
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