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US 2016/0111113 A1Published application
Speech enhancement method and apparatus for same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-youn CHO, Weiwei CUI, Seung-yeol LEE
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Abstract
A speech enhancement method is provided. The speech enhancement method includes: estimating a direction of a speaker by using an input signal, generating direction information indicating the estimated direction, detecting speech of a speaker based on a result of the estimating the direction, and enhancing the speech of the speaker by using the direction information based on a result of the detecting the speech.
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A speech enhancement apparatus comprising:
- a sensor comprising at least one microphone;
- a speech detector configured to detect speech of a speaker using based on a signal of the sensor unit;
- a direction estimator configured to estimate a direction of the speaker based on the signal of the sensor and to generate direction information indicating the estimated direction;
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- a speech enhancer configured to enhance the speech of the speaker that is received by the microphone,
- wherein the speech detector is configured to control operations of the direction estimator and the speech enhancer based on whether speech is detected by the speech detector, and
- wherein the direction estimator transmits the direction information to the speech enhancer.
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A speech enhancement apparatus comprising:
- a sensor comprising at least one microphone;
- a speech detector configured to detect speech of a speaker based on a signal of the sensor;
- a direction estimator configured to estimate a direction of the speaker based on the signal of the sensor and to generate direction information indicating the estimated direction;
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- a speech enhancer configured to enhance the speech of the speaker that is received by the microphone,
- wherein the direction estimator is configured to control an operation of the speech detector based on a direction of the speaker estimated by the direction estimator and to transmit the direction information to the speech enhancer, and
- the speech detector is configured to control an operation of the speech enhancer based on whether speech is detected by the speech detector.
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A speech enhancement method comprising:
- detecting a speech of a speaker;
- estimating a direction of the speaker based on a result of the detecting of speech and generating direction information indicating the estimated direction;
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- enhancing the speech of the speaker by using the direction information.
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A speech enhancement method comprising:
- estimating a direction of a speaker by using an input signal and generating direction information indicating the estimated direction;
- detecting a speech of a speaker based on a result of the estimating the direction;
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- enhancing the speech of the speaker by using the direction information based on a result of the detecting the speech.
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