Patent ID: 7295972
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G06K,G10L

Abstract:
1. A method of separating first and second mixture signals received through two sensors into source signals, comprising: (a) calculating a global signal absence probability for each frame of the mixture signals and a local signal absence probability for each frequency band of a frame for at least one of the first and second mixture signals; (b) estimating a spectrum vector in which a noise signal is eliminated for each frequency band using the global signal absence probability calculated in the calculating; (c) determining a plurality of frequency bands including at least one of a noise signal and a source signal using the local signal absence probability, and generating a source label vector which consists of a plurality of frequency bands assigned to each source, using an attenuation parameter and a delay parameter generated for each of the determined frequency bands; and (d) multiplying the spectrum vector estimated for each frequency band obtained in the estimating by the source label vector obtained in the determining, and obtaining signals separated according to the source signals.