- Patent Title: Acoustic echo cancellation with loudspeaker canceling beamformer
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Application No.: US15982392Application Date: 2018-05-17
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Publication No.: US10657981B1Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Mohamed Mansour , Robert Ayrapetian
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Pierce Atwood LLP
- Main IPC: G10L21/0208
- IPC: G10L21/0208 ; H04R1/08 ; H04M9/08 ; G06F17/10 ; G10L15/22 ; H04R1/28 ; G10L15/14 ; G10L15/08

Abstract:
Techniques for improving acoustic echo cancellation to attenuate an echo signal generated by a loudspeaker included in a device are described. A system may determine a loudspeaker canceling beam (LCB) (e.g., fixed beam directed to the loudspeaker) and may use the LCB to generate LCB audio data that corresponds to the echo signal. For example, based on a configuration of the loudspeaker relative to microphone(s) of the device, the system may perform simulation(s) to generate a plurality of filter coefficient values corresponding to the loudspeaker. By subtracting the LCB audio data during acoustic echo cancellation, the system may attenuate the echo signal even when there is distortion or nonlinearity or the like caused by the loudspeaker. In some examples, the system may perform acoustic echo cancellation using the LCB audio data and playback audio data.
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