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http://dx.doi.org/10.5391/JKIIS.2005.15.2.230

Tone Quality Improvement Algorithm using Intelligent Estimation of Noise Pattern  

Seo, Joung-Kook (숭실대학교 전자공학과)
Cha, Hyung-Tai (숭실대학교 전자공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems / v.15, no.2, 2005 , pp. 230-235 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose an algorithm that improves a tone quality of a noisy audio signal in order to enhance a performance of perceptual filter using intelligent estimation of noise pattern from a band degraded by additive noise. The proposed method doesn't use the estimated noise which is obtained from silent range. Instead new estimated noise according to the power of signal and effect of noise variation is considered for each frame. So the noisy audio signal is enhanced by the method which controls a estimation of noise Pattern effectively in a noise corruption band. To show the performance of the proposed algorithm, various input signals which had a different signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) such as $5\cal{dB},\;10\cal{dB},\;15\cal{dB}\;and\;20\cal{dB}$ were used to test the proposed algorithm. we carry out SSNR and NMR of objective measurement and MOS test of subjective measurement. An approximate improvement of $7.4\cal{dB},\;6.8\cal{dB},\;5.7\cal{dB},\;5.1\cal{dB}$ in SSNR and $15.7\cal{dB},\;15.5\cal{dB},\;15.2\cal{dB},\;14.8\cal{dB}$ in NMR is achieved with the input signals, respectively. And we confirm the enhancement of tone quality in terms of mean opinion score(MOS) test which is result of subjective measurement.
Keywords
잡음 패턴;열화된 대역;지각 필터;잡음 추정;잡음 이득 제어;
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