Active Cancelation of Acoustic Noise in Waveguides by Standard Control Task Decision Usage

Cybernetic decision variants were analyzed in order to use for physical task of active noise cancelation. 10 dB mean active noise cancellation is demonstrated in two decades frequency band by usage of cybernetic decision for acoustical duct physical scale model. The used decision was found on minimization of acoustical field power transfer function from the beginning of waveguide to their end.

Automatic Stabilization of an Adaptive Feedback Control for Noise Cancelling In-ear Headphones

Headphones with an integrated active noise cancellation system have been increasingly introduced to the consumer market in recent years. When exposing the human ear to active noise sources in this striking distance, the ensuring of a safe sound pressure level is vital. In feedback systems, this is coupled with the stability of the closed control loop; stable controller design is thus essential. However, changes in the control path during run-time can cause the stable control system to become unstable, resulting in an overdrive of the speakers in the headphones. This paper proposes a method, which enables the real-time analysis of the current system state and if necessary stabilizes the closed loop while maintaining the active noise reduction. This is achieved by estimating and evaluating the open loop behavior with an adaptive filter and subsequently limiting the controller gain in respect to the stability margin.

Frequency-Domain Wideband Acoustic Noise Cancellation System

When building an adaptive noise cancellation system for wideband acoustic signals, one can meet some difficulties in practical implementation of such a system. The major problem is related to the necessity of using real-time signal generation and processing. In this paper the active noise control system which utilizes adaptation in frequency domain is considered. It is shown that the proposed algorithms simplify practical implementation of a noise cancellation system. The results of computer simulations and prototype experiments show the effectiveness of the proposed methods. .

Practical Considerations for Implementing Adaptive Acoustic Noise Cancellation in Commercial Earbuds

Active noise cancellation has become a prominent feature in contemporary in-ear personal audio devices.However,due to constraints related to component arrangement,power consumption,and manufacturing costs,most commercial products utilize fixed-type controller systems as the basis for their active noise control algorithms.These systems offer robust performance and a straightforward structure,which is achievable with cost-effective digital signal processors.Nonetheless,a major drawback of fixed-type controllers is their inability to adapt to changes in acoustic transfer paths,such as variations in earpiece fitting conditions.Therefore,adaptive-type active noise control systems that employ adaptive digital filters are considered as the alternative.To address the increasing system complexity,design concepts and implementation strategies are discussed with respect to actual hardware limitations.To illustrate these considerations,a case study showcasing the implementation of a filtered-x least mean square-based active noise control algorithm is presented.A commercial evaluation board accommodating a low-cost,fixed-point digital signal processor is used to simplify operation and provide programming access.The earbuds are obtained from a commercial product designed for noise cancellation.This study underscores the importance of addressing hardware constraints when implementing adaptive active noise cancellation,providing valuable insights for real-world applications.

Analysis of vibration reduction level in an 8/6 switched reluctance machine by active vibration cancellation

This paper proposes an analytical model for predicting the maximum vibration reduction level in a four-phase 8/6 switched reluctance machine(SRM) by employing active vibration cancellation(AVC),one of the most effective and convenient methods for reducing the vibration and acoustic noise produced by SRMs.Based on the proposed method,the factors that influence the vibration reduction level are analyzed in detail.The relationships between vibration and noise reduction levels at resonance frequency and rotor speed are presented.Moreover,it is shown that a large damping factor will lead to smaller vibration reduction level with AVC while,in contrast,a large resonance frequency will increase the vibration reduction level.Both finite element analyses and experiments were carried out on a prototype 8/6 SRM to validate the proposed method.

Numerical Simulation of a Negative Impulsive Wave

A compression wave discharged from an open end of a tube causes positive impulsive noise. Active noise cancellation which is the canceling of the noise by the addition of an inverse wave is a useful technique for reducing impulsive noise. The main objective of this study is to present the design for a negative impulsive wave generator utilizing unsteady mass influx. In this paper, in order to clarify the relationship between the unsteady mass influx and the negative impulsive wave! numerical and aeroacoustic analyses have been carried out using an unsteady expansion wave discharged from an open end of a shock tube. As a result, the effect of an unsteady expansion wave on a negative impulsive wave was clarified.

Novel DTD and VAD assisted voice detection algorithm for VoIP systems

Echo cancellation plays an important role in current Internet protocol（IP） based voice interactive systems. Voice state detection is an essential part in echo cancellation. It mainly comprises two parts： double talk detection（DTD） and voice activity detection（VAD）. DTD is used to detect doubletalk and prevent filter divergence in the presence of near-end speech, and VAD is used to determine the near-end voice activity and output silence indicator when near-end is silent. However, DTD straightforwardly proceeded may mistakenly declare double talk under double silent condition, coefficients update under the far-end silence condition may lead to filter divergence, and current VAD algorithms may misjudge the residual echo from the near end to be far-end voice. Therefore, a voice detection algorithm combining DTD and far-end VAD is proposed. DTD is implemented when VAD declares far-end speech, filtering and coefficients update will be halted when VAD declares far-end silence, and the far-end VAD adopted is multi-feature VAD based on short-time energy and correlation. The new algorithm can improve the accuracy of DTD, prevent filter divergence, and exclude the circumstance that far-end signal only contains residual echo from near end. Actual test results show that the voice state decision of the new algorithm is accurate, and the performance of echo cancellation is improved.