Root homomorphic deconvolution schemes for speech processing in car noise environments

Abstract

The authors propose the use of a Root homomorphic approach instead of the classical Log in order to improve cepstral representation in noise. Recognition tests demonstrate the robustness of the Root-based analysis for noisy speech processing. It is shown that Root cepstral coefficients permit a heuristic extension of noise subtraction techniques into the cepstral domain. Finally, the authors extend their work to LP (linear prediction)-based cepstral analysis and show that the Root approach gives equivalent results when comparing direct (LFCC) and LP-based (LPCC) analysis schemes. A unified model is proposed, and it is concluded that both classical LPCC and LFCC analyses are suboptimal solutions of the authors' more general scheme.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>