Signal processing device, program, and range hood system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016372106-A1
Application number	US-201515122273-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 7, 2014
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A silencer is to be used in combination with a range hood system to suppress noise made by a fan. In a silencing circuit, a disturbance detector detects mixing of disturbance sound to a correction signal and an error signal. When the disturbance detector detects the mixing of the disturbance sound, an updating stopper causes a coefficient updater to stop a processing of updating a filter coefficient of a silencer filter, relating to, as an object, at least a frequency band other than a frequency band of the noise.

First claim

1 . A signal processing device to be used in combination with a sound input/output device, the sound input/output device comprising:
a first sound inputter that is installed in a space, where noise made by a noise source is propagated, to collect the noise; a sound outputter that is configured to output a canceling sound for canceling the noise to the space in response to receiving a canceling signal; and a second sound inputter that is configured to collect a synthesized sound of the noise and the canceling sound in the space, the signal processing device comprising:
a canceling signal generator that comprises a silencer filter with a filter coefficient, and is configured to output the canceling signal in response to receiving a first signal generated based on an output of the first sound inputter;
a correction filter that is configured to generate a second signal by correcting the first signal based on a transfer function of an acoustic path from the sound outputter to the second sound inputter;
a coefficient updater that is configured to calculate the filter coefficient based on the second signal and a third signal generated from an output of the second sound inputter, and update the filter coefficient of the silencer filter;
a disturbance detector that is configured to detect mixing of disturbance sound, different from each of the noise and the canceling sound, to at least one of the output of the first sound inputter and the output of the second sound inputter; and
an updating stopper that is configured to, when the disturbance detector detects the mixing of the disturbance sound, cause the coefficient updater to stop a processing of updating the filter coefficient, relating to at least a frequency band other than a frequency band of the noise.

2 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the updating stopper is configured to, when the disturbance detector detects the mixing of the disturbance sound, causes the coefficient updater to stop the processing of updating the filter coefficient, relating to, as an object, a whole frequency band of the canceling sound.

3 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the updating stopper is configured to, when the disturbance detector detects the mixing of the disturbance sound, cause the coefficient updater to stop the processing of updating the filter coefficient, relating to only the frequency band other than the frequency band of the noise.

4 . The signal processing device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the silencer filter is configured to divide a prescribed frequency band into two or more frequency bins, and have the filter coefficient for each frequency bin; and the updating stopper is configured to, when the disturbance detector detects the mixing of the disturbance sound, cause the coefficient updater to stop the processing of updating the filter coefficient, relating to, as an object, only a frequency bin, which corresponds to the frequency band other than the frequency band of the noise, of the two or more frequency bins.

5 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the disturbance detector that is configured to detect the mixing of the disturbance sound, when amplitude of a temporal waveform of a signal, generated based on at least one of the output of the first sound inputter and the output of the second sound inputter, exceeds a threshold based on amplitude of a temporal waveform of the noise.

6 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the disturbance detector that is configured to:
compare a frequency distribution of a signal, generated based on at least one of the output of the first sound inputter and the output of the second sound inputter, with a frequency distribution of the noise; and
detect the mixing of the disturbance sound based on a compared result.

7 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the disturbance detector that is configured to:
derive a time difference based on a correlation between the output of the first sound inputter and the output of the second sound inputter, the time difference being a difference between a time required for that a sound made by a sound source reaches the first sound inputter and is collected by the first sound inputter and a time required for that the sound made by the sound source reaches the second sound inputter and is collected by the second sound inputter;
estimate a direction, where the sound source is positioned, based on the time difference; and
detect the mixing of the disturbance sound, when the direction where the sound source is positioned is different from a direction where the noise source is positioned.

8 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , causing the sound outputter to stop outputting of the canceling sound, when a volume of the canceling sound output by the sound outputter exceeds a prescribed volume.

9 . The signal processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a known sound generator that is configured to input a known signal to the sound outputter so as to cause the sound outputter to output a known sound; and a function determiner that is configured to determine the transfer function, wherein: the second sound inputter is configured to output a fourth signal in response to collecting the known sound; the coefficient updater is configured to update the filter coefficient of the silencer filter such that a difference between the known signal passing through the silencer filter and the fourth signal is minimized; the function determiner is configured to determine the transfer function based on the filter coefficient; and the updating stopper is configured to, when the disturbance detector detects the mixing of the disturbance sound, cause the coefficient updater to stop the processing of updating the filter coefficient.

10 . A computer-readable recoding medium recording a program to be stored in a computer that is used in combination with a sound input/output device, the sound input/output device comprising:
a first sound inputter that is installed in a space, where noise made by a noise source is propagated, to collect the noise; a sound outputter that is configured to output a canceling sound for canceling the noise to the space in response to receiving a canceling signal; and a second sound inputter that is configured to collect a synthesized sound of the noise and the canceling sound in the space, the program causing the computer to realize:
a function to constitute a silencer filter with a filter coefficient, and output the canceling signal in response to receiving a first signal generated based on an output of the first sound inputter;
a function to generate a second signal by correcting the first signal based on a transfer function of an acoustic path from the sound outputter to the second sound inputter;
a function to calculate the filter coefficient based on the second signal and a third signal generated from an output of the second sound inputter, and update the filter coefficient of the silencer filter;
a function to detect mixing of disturbance sound, different from each of the noise and the canceling sound, to at least one of the output of the first sound inputter and the output of the second sound inputter; and
a function to, when the mixing of the disturbance sound is detected, stop a processing of updating the filter coefficient, relating to at least a frequency band other than a frequency band of the noise.

11 . A range hood system, comprising:
a ventilation passage that has a hollow tubular shape; an air blower that is configured to generate air flow from a first end of

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hanazono Masaya
• Yamada Wakio

Classifications

• G10K2210/112

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• F24F13/24

  Means for preventing or suppressing noise · CPC title

• G10K2210/105

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• G10K2210/30231

  Sources, e.g. identifying noisy processes or components · CPC title

• G10K2210/3025

  Determination of spectrum characteristics, e.g. FFT · CPC title