Feedback noise reduction method and system, and earphone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12014718-B2
Application number	US-201917442226-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2019
Priority date	Apr 3, 2019
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

A feedback noise reduction method, a feedback noise reduction system, and an earphone are provided. In the method, a channel morphological parameter of an acoustic channel between a microphone and a speaker in a feedback noise reduction system is detected; the feedback noise reduction system is switched from using a first noise reduction filter to using a second noise reduction filter in a case that it is determined that the acoustic channel is in an interfered state based on the channel morphological parameter; and a noise reduction signal is generated by using the second noise reduction filter to cancel a noise signal received by the feedback noise reduction system. A frequency response of the second noise reduction filter in a predetermined frequency band is less than a frequency response of the first noise reduction filter in the predetermined frequency band.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A feedback noise reduction method, comprising:
detecting a channel morphological parameter of an acoustic channel between a microphone and a speaker in a feedback noise reduction system;
switching the feedback noise reduction system from using a first noise reduction filter to using a second noise reduction filter in a case that it is determined that the acoustic channel is in an interfered state based on the channel morphological parameter;
generating a noise reduction signal by using the second noise reduction filter to cancel a noise signal received by the feedback noise reduction system; and
determining whether the acoustic channel is squeezed based on the channel morphological parameter;
wherein a frequency response of the second noise reduction filter in a predetermined frequency band is less than a frequency response of the first noise reduction filter in the predetermined frequency band,
wherein a sensor is arranged in the acoustic channel, and the detecting the channel morphological parameter of the acoustic channel between the microphone and the speaker in the feedback noise reduction system comprises:
detecting the channel morphological parameter of the acoustic channel between the microphone and the speaker in the feedback noise reduction system by using the sensor, and

wherein the sensor is an airflow measurement sensor for detecting the channel morphological parameter of the acoustic channel, and the channel morphological parameter comprises an airflow rate and an airflow direction, and the determining whether the acoustic channel is squeezed based on the channel morphological parameter comprises:
determining that the acoustic channel is squeezed, in response to the airflow direction being from an inside of the acoustic channel to an outside of the acoustic channel and the airflow rate increasing to be greater than a first predetermined threshold; and
determining that the acoustic channel is not squeezed, in response to the airflow direction being from the outside of the acoustic channel to the inside of the acoustic channel and the airflow rate decreasing to be less than a second predetermined threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the channel morphological parameter of the acoustic channel;
switching the feedback noise reduction system from using the second noise reduction filter to using the first noise reduction filter in a case that it is determined that the acoustic channel is in an un-interfered state based on the detected channel morphological parameter; and
generating a noise reduction signal by using the first noise reduction filter to cancel the noise signal received by the feedback noise reduction system.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the acoustic channel is in the interfered state in response to the acoustic channel being squeezed; and
determining that the acoustic channel is in the un-interfered state in response to the acoustic channel being not squeezed.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined frequency band comprises a frequency band lower than a first predetermined frequency and/or a frequency band higher than a second predetermined frequency, and the second predetermined frequency is greater than the first predetermined frequency.

5. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the feedback noise reduction method according to claim 1 .

6. A feedback noise reduction system, comprising a controller, a first noise reduction filter, a second noise reduction filter, a microphone and a speaker, wherein
the controller is configured to: detect a channel morphological parameter of an acoustic channel between the microphone and the speaker, switch the feedback noise reduction system from using a first noise reduction filter to using a second noise reduction filter in a case that it is determined that the acoustic channel is in an interfered state based on the channel morphological parameter, and generate a noise reduction signal by using the second noise reduction filter to cancel a noise signal received by the feedback noise reduction system;
wherein a frequency response of the second noise reduction filter in a predetermined frequency band is less than a frequency response of the first noise reduction filter in the predetermined frequency band, and
wherein a sensor is arranged in the acoustic channel, the sensor is an airflow measurement sensor for detecting the channel morphological parameter of the acoustic channel, the channel morphological parameter comprises an airflow rate and an airflow direction, and the controller is configured to determine whether the acoustic channel is squeezed based on the channel morphological parameter by:
determining that the acoustic channel is squeezed, in response to the airflow direction being from an inside of the acoustic channel to an outside of the acoustic channel and the airflow rate increasing to be greater than a first predetermined threshold; and
determining that the acoustic channel is not squeezed, in response to the airflow direction being from the outside of the acoustic channel to the inside of the acoustic channel and the airflow rate decreasing to be less than a second predetermined threshold.

7. The feedback noise reduction system according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
detect the channel morphological parameter of the acoustic channel;
switch the feedback noise reduction system from using the second noise reduction filter to using the first noise reduction filter in response to determining that the acoustic channel being in an un-interfered state based on a detected channel morphological parameter; and
generate a noise reduction signal by using the first noise reduction filter to cancel the noise signal received by the feedback noise reduction system.

8. The feedback noise reduction system according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine that the acoustic channel is in the interfered state in response to the acoustic channel being squeezed; and
determine that the acoustic channel is in the un-interfered state in response to the acoustic channel being not squeezed.

9. An earphone, comprising the feedback noise reduction system according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Goertek Inc

Inventors

• Wang Ruohui
• Yu Kai
• Wang Kai

Classifications

• H04R2460/01

  Hearing devices using active noise cancellation · CPC title

• H04R1/1083 Primary

  Reduction of ambient noise (active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06) · CPC title

• G10K2210/3028

  Filtering, e.g. Kalman filters or special analogue or digital filters · CPC title

• G10K2210/3026

  Feedback · CPC title

• G10K2210/1081

  Earphones, e.g. for telephones, ear protectors or headsets · CPC title