Speech enhancement using kalman filtering in the logarithmic bark power spectral domain
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Dionelis, Nikolaos
Brookes, Mike
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
We present a phase-sensitive speech enhancement algorithm based on a Kalman filter estimator that tracks speech and noise in the logarithmic Bark power spectral domain. With modulation-domain Kalman filtering, the algorithm tracks the speech spectral log-power using perceptually-motivated Bark bands. By combining STFT bins into Bark bands, the number of frequency components is reduced. The Kalman filter prediction step separately models the inter-frame relations of the speech and noise spectral log-powers and the Kalman filter update step models the nonlinear relations between the speech and noise spectral log-powers using the phase factor in Bark bands, which follows a sub-Gaussian distribution. The posterior mean of the speech spectral log-power is used to create an enhanced speech spectrum for signal reconstruction. The algorithm is evaluated in terms of speech quality and computational complexity with different algorithm configurations compared on various noise types. The algorithm implemented in Bark bands is compared to algorithms implemented in STFT bins and experimental results show that tracking speech in the log Bark power spectral domain, taking into account the temporal dynamics of each subband envelope, is beneficial. Regarding the computational complexity, the percentage decrease in the real-time factor is 44% when using Bark bands compared to when using STFT bins.
Date Issued
2018-12-03
Date Acceptance
2018-09-03
Citation
2018 26th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2018, pp.1642-1646
ISBN
9789082797015
ISSN
2076-1465
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
1642
End Page
1646
Journal / Book Title
2018 26th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)
Copyright Statement
© 2018, IEEE.
Identifier
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Source
European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Speech enhancement
phase-sensitive observation model
phase factor
Bark bands
Kalman filter
MODEL
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2018-09-03
Finish Date
2018-09-07
Coverage Spatial
Rome, Italy
Date Publish Online
2018-12-03