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The present invention is directed to the processing of acoustic signals, and more particularly, but not exclusively, relates to the separation of acoustic signals emanating from different sources by detecting a mixture of the acoustic signals at multiple locations.
The difficulty of extracting a desired signal in the presence of interfering signals is a long-standing problem confronted by acoustic engineers. This problem impacts the design and construction of many kinds of devices such as systems for voice recognition and intelligence gathering. Especially troublesome is the separation of desired sound from unwanted sound with hearing aid devices. Generally, hearing aid devices do not permit selective amplification of a desired sound when contaminated by noise from a nearby source—particularly when the noise is more intense. This problem is even more severe when the desired sound is a speech signal and the nearby noise is also the result of speech (e.g. babble). As used herein, "noise" refers not only to random or non deterministic signals, but also to undesired signals and signals interfering with the perception of a desired signal.
One attempted solution to this problem has been the application of a single, highly directional microphone to enhance directionality of the hearing aid receiver. This approach has only a very limited capability. As a result, spectral subtraction, comb filtering, and speech-production modeling have been explored to enhance single microphone performance. Nonetheless, these approaches still generally fail to improve intelligibility of a desired speech signal, particularly when the signal and noise source are in close proximity.
Another approach has been to arrange a number of microphones in a selected spatial relationship to form a type of directional detection beam. Unfortunately, when limited to a size practical for hearing aids, beam forming arrays also have limited capacity to separate signals which are close together—especially if the noise is more intense than a desired speech signal. In addition, in the case of one noise source in a less reverberant environment, the noise cancellation provided by the beam-former varies with the location of the noise source in relation to the microphone array. R. W. Stadler and W. M. Rabinowitz, On the Potential of Fixed Arrays for Hearing Aids, 94 Journal Acoustical Society of America 1332 (September 1993), and W. Soede et al., Development of a Directional Hearing Instrument Based on Array Technology, 94 Journal of Acoustical Society of America 785 (August 1993) are cited as additional background concerning the beam forming approach.
Still another approach has been the application of two microphones displaced from each other to provide two signals to emulate certain aspects of the binaural hearing system common to humans and many types of animals. Although certain aspects of biologic binaural hearing are still not fully understood, it is believed that the ability to localize sound sources is based on evaluation of binaural time delays and sound levels across different frequency bands associated with each of the two sound signals. The localization of sound sources with systems based on these interaural time and intensity differences is discussed in W. Lindemann, Extension of a Binaural Cross-Correlation Model by Contralateral Inhibition—I. Simulation of Lateralization for Stationary Signals, 80 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1608 (December 1986). Nonetheless, the separation of a desired signal from noise or interfering sound still presents a significant problem once the sound sources are localized.
For example, the system set forth in Markus Bodden, Modeling Human Sound-Source Localization and the Cocktail-Party-Effect, 1 Acta Acustica 43 (February/April 1993) employs a Wiener filter including a windowing process in an attempt to derive a desired signal from binaural input signals once the location of the desired signal has been established. Unfortunately, this approach results in significant deterioration of desired speech fidelity. Also, the system has only been demonstrated to suppress noise of equal intensity to the desired signal at an azimuthal separation of at least 30 degrees. A more intense noise emanating from a source spaced closer than 30 degrees from the desired source still appears to present a problem. Moreover, the proposed algorithm of the Bodden system is computationally intense—posing a serious question of whether it can be practically embodied in a hearing aid device.
Another example of a two microphone system is found in D. Banks, Localisation and Separation of Simultaneous Voices with Two Microphones, IEE Proceedings-I, 140 (1993). This system employs a windowing technique to estimate the location of a sound source when there are non overlapping gaps in its spectrum compared to the spectrum of interfering noise. This system cannot perform localization when wide-band signals lacking such gaps are involved. In addition, the Banks article fails to provide details of the algorithm for reconstructing the desired signal. U.S. Pat. No. 5,479,522 to Lindemann et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,325,436 to Soli et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,289,544 to Franklin; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,773,095 to Zwicker et al. are cited as sources of additional background concerning dual microphone hearing aid systems.
These binaural systems still fail to provide for the extraction of an intelligible speech signal subject to acoustic interference emanating from a nearby noise source. Thus, a need remains for a way to extract a desired acoustic signal from a noisy environment which minimizes degradation of the desired signal fidelity and which may be practically embodied into a device such as a hearing aid.
One feature of the present invention is utilizing two sensors to provide corresponding binaural signals from which the relative separation of a first acoustic source from a second acoustic source may be established as a function of time, and the spectral content of a desired acoustic signal from the first source may be representatively extracted. One aspect of this feature is that the desired acoustic signal may be successfully extracted even if a nearby noise source is of greater relative intensity.
Another feature of the present invention is detecting an acoustic excitation at a first location to provide a corresponding first signal and at a second location to provide a corresponding second signal. This excitation includes a desired acoustic signal from a first source and an interfering acoustic signal from a second source spaced apart from the first source. The second source is localized relative to the first source as a function of the first and second signals. A characteristic signal is generated which is representative of the desired acoustic signal during the localization.
Still another feature is delaying the first and second signals by a number of time intervals to correspondingly establish a number of delayed first signals and a number of delayed second signals. A time increment corresponding to the separation of the first and second sources is determined by comparing the delayed first signals to the delayed second signals. An output signal representative of the desired signal is generated as a function of the time increment. Furthermore, a signal pair indicative of the location of the second source may be selected that has a first member selected from the delayed first signals and a second member from the delayed second signals. The output signal may be generated as a function of this signal pair.
In yet another feature, a processing system utilizes a first and second sensor at different locations to provide a binaural representation of an acoustic signal which includes a desired signal emanating from a selected source and an interfering signal emanating from a interfering source. A processor generates a discrete first spectral signal and a discrete second spectral signal from the sensor signals. The processor delays the first and second spectral signals by a number of time intervals to generate a number of delayed first signals and a number of delayed second signals and provide a time increment signal. The time increment signal corresponds to separation of the selected source from the noise source. The processor generates an output signal as a function of the time increment signal, and an output device responds to the output signal to provide a sensory output representative of the desired signal.
Among the other features of the present invention is a system to position a first and second sensor relative to a first signal source with the first and second sensor being spaced apart from each other and a second signal source being spaced apart from the first signal source. A first signal is provided from the first sensor and a second signal is provided from the second sensor. The first and second signals each represent a composite acoustic signal including a desired signal from the first signal source and an unwanted signal from the second signal source. A number of spectral signals are established from the first and second signals as a function of a number of frequencies. Each of the spectral signals, such as those corresponding to outputs of a delay line, represent a different position relative to the first signal source. A member of the spectral signals representative of position of the second signal source is determined, and an output signal is generated from the member which is representative of the first signal. This feature facilitates extraction of a desired signal from a spectral signal determined as part of the localization of the interfering source. As a result, localization calculations constitute the bulk of the signal processing because, once localization of the interfering source is performed, the desired signal is estimated directly from one of the intermediate localization operands. This approach avoids the extensive post-localization computations required by many binaural systems.
Accordingly, it is one object of the present invention to provide for the extraction of a desired acoustic signal from a noisy environment.
Another object is to provide a device for the separation of acoustic signals by detecting a combination of these signals at two locations. This device may be used to aid impaired hearing.
Further objects, features, and advantages of the present invention shall become apparent from the detailed drawings and descriptions provided herein.
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a signal flow diagram of an extraction process performed by the embodiment of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is schematic representation of the dual delay line of FIG. 2.
FIGS. 4A and 4B depict other embodiments of the present invention corresponding to hearing aid and computer voice recognition applications, respectively.
FIG. 5 is a graph of a speech signal in the form of a sentence about 2 seconds long.
FIG. 6 is a graph of a composite signal including babble noise and the speech signal of FIG. 5 at a 0 dB signal-to-noise ratio with the babble noise source at about a 60 azimuth relative to the speech signal source.
FIG. 7 is a graph of a signal representative of the speech signal of FIG. 5 after extraction from the composite signal of FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 is a graph of a composite signal including babble noise and the speech signal of FIG. 5 at a −30 dB signal-to-noise ratio with the babble noise source at a 2 degree azimuth relative to the speech signal source.
FIG. 9 is a graphic depiction of a signal representative of the sample speech signal of FIG. 5 after extraction from the composite signal of FIG. 8.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended. Any alterations and further modifications in the described device, and any further applications of the principles of the invention as described herein are contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
FIG. 1 illustrates an acoustic signal processing system 10 of the present invention. System 10 is configured to extract a desired acoustic signal from source 12 despite interference or noise emanating from nearby source 14. System 10 includes a pair of acoustic sensors 22, 24 configured to detect acoustic excitation that includes signals from sources 12, 14. Sensors 22, 24 are operatively coupled to processor 30 to process signals received therefrom. Also, processor 30 is operatively coupled to output device 90 to provide a signal representative of a desired signal from source 12 with reduced interference from source 14 as compared to composite acoustic signals presented to sensors 22, 24 from sources 12, 14.
Sensors 22, 24 are spaced apart from one another by distance D along lateral axis T. Midpoint M represents the half way point along distance D from sensor 22 to sensor 24. Reference axis R1 is aligned with source 12 and intersects axis T perpendicularly through midpoint M. Axis N is aligned with source 14 and also intersects midpoint M. Axis N is positioned to form angle A with reference axis R1. FIG. 1 depicts an angle A of about 20 degrees. Notably, reference axis R1 may be selected to define a reference azimuthal position of zero degrees in an azimuthal plane intersecting sources 12, 14; sensors 22, 24; and containing axes T, N, R1. As a result, source 12 is "on-axis" and source 14, as aligned with axis N, is "off-axis." Source 14 is illustrated at about a 20 degree azimuth relative to source 12.
Preferably sensors 22, 24 are fixed relative to each other and configured to move in tandem to selectively position reference axis R1 relative to a desired acoustic signal source. It is also preferred that sensors 22, 24 be a microphones of a conventional variety, such as omnidirectional dynamic microphones. In other embodiments, a different sensor type may be utilized as would occur to one skilled in the art.
Referring additionally to FIG. 2, a signal flow diagram illustrates various processing stages for the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. Sensors 22, 24 provide analog signals Lp(t) and Rp(t) corresponding to the left sensor 22, and right sensor 24, respectively. Signals Lp(t) and Rp(t) are initially input to processor 30 in separate processing channels L and R. For each channel L, R, signals Lp(t) and Rp(t) are conditioned and filtered in stages 32 a, 32 b to reduce aliasing, respectively. After filter stages 32 a, 32 b, the conditioned signals Lp(t), Rp(t) are input to corresponding Analog to Digital (A/D) converters 34 a, 34 b to provide discrete signals Lp(k), Rp(k), where k indexes discrete sampling events. In one embodiment, A/D stages 34 a, 34 b sample signals Lp(t) and Rp(t) at a rate of at least twice the frequency of the upper end of the audio frequency range to assure a high fidelity representation of the input signals.
Discrete signals Lp(k) and Rp(k) are transformed from the time domain to the frequency domain by a short-term Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) algorithm in stages 36 a, 36 b to provide complex-valued signals XLp(m) and XRp(m). Signals XLp(m) and XRp(m) are evaluated in stages 36 a, 36 b at discrete frequencies ƒm, where m is an index (m=1 to m=M) to discrete frequencies, and index p denotes the short-term spectral analysis time frame. Index p is arranged in reverse chronological order with the most recent time frame being p=1, the next most recent time frame being p=2, and so forth. Preferably, frequencies M encompass the audible frequency range and the number of samples employed in the short-term analysis is selected to strike an optimum balance between processing speed limitations and desired resolution of resulting output signals. In one embodiment, an audio range of 0.1 to 6 kHz is sampled in A/D stages 34 a, 34 b at a rate of at least 12.5 kHz with 512 samples per short-term spectral analysis time frame. In alternative embodiments, the frequency domain analysis may be provided by an analog filter bank employed before A/D stages 34 a, 34 b. It should be understood that the spectral signals XLp(m) and XRp(m) may be represented as arrays each having a 1�M dimension corresponding to the different frequencies ƒm.
Spectral signals XLp(m) and XRp(m) are input to dual delay line 40 as further detailed in FIG. 3. FIG. 3 depicts two delay lines 42, 44 each having N number of delay stages. Each delay line 42, 44 is sequentially configured with delay stages D1 through DN. Delay lines 42, 44 are configured to delay corresponding input signals in opposing directions from one delay stage to the next, and generally correspond to the dual hearing channels associated with a natural binaural hearing process. Delay stages D1, D2, D3, . . . , DN−2, DN−1, and DN each delay an input signal by corresponding time delay increments τ1, τ2, τ3, . . . , τN−2,τN−1, and τN, (collectively designated τi), where index i goes from left to right. For delay line 42, XLp(m) is alternatively designated XLp1(m). XLp1(m) is sequentially delayed by time delay increments τ1, τ2, τ3, . . . , τN−2, τN−1, and τN to produce delayed outputs at the taps of delay line 42 which are respectively designated XLp2(m), XLp3(m), Xlp4(m), . . . , XLpN−1(m), XLpN(m), and XLpN+1(m); and collectively designated XLpi(m)). For delay line 44, XRp(m) is alternatively designated XRpN+1(m). XRpN+1(m) is sequentially delayed by time delay increments τ1, τ2, τ3, . . . , τN−2, τN−1, and τN to produce delayed outputs at the taps of delay line 44 which are respectively designated: XRpN(m), XRpN−1(m), XRpN−2(m), . . . , XLp3(m), XLp2(m), and Xlp1(m); and collectively designated XRpi(m). The input spectral signals and the signals from delay line 42, 44 taps are arranged as input pairs to operation array 46. A pair of taps from delay lines 42, 44 is illustrated as input pair P in FIG. 3.
Operation array 46 has operation units (OP) numbered from 1 to N+1, depicted as OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4, . . . , OPN−2, OPN−1, OPN, OPN+1 and collectively designated operations OPi. Input pairs from delay lines 42, 44 correspond to the operations of array 46 as follows: OP1[XLp1(m), XRp1(m)], OP2[XLp2(m), XRp2(m)], OP3[XLp3(m), XRp3(m)], OP4[XLp4(m), XRp4(m)], . . . , OPN−2[XLp(N−2)(m), XRp(N−2)(m)], OPN−1[XLp(N−1)(m), XRp(N−1)(m)], OPN[XLpN(m), XRpN(m)], and OPN+1[XLp(N+1)(m), XRp(N+1)(m)]; where OPi[XLpi(m), XRpi(m)] indicates that OPi is determined as a function of input pair XLpi(m), XRpi(m). Correspondingly, the outputs of operation array 46 are Xp1(m), Xp2(m), Xp3(m), Xp4(m), . . . , Xp(N−2)(m), Xp(N−1)(m), XpN(m), and Xp(N+1)(m) (collectively designated Xpi(m)).
For i=1 to i≦N/2, operations for each OPi of array 46 are determined in accordance with complex expression 1 (CE1) as follows:
where exp[argument] represents a natural exponent to the power of the argument, and imaginary number j is the square root of −1. For i>((N/2)+1) to i=N+1, operations of operation array 46 are determined in accordance complex expression 2 (CE2) as follows:
where exp[argument] represents a natural exponent to the power of the argument, and imaginary number j is the square root of −1. For i=(N/2)+1, neither CE1 nor CE2 is performed.
An example of the determination of the operations for N=4(i=1 to i=N+1) is as follows:
i=1, CE1 applies as follows:
i=2≦(N/2), CE1 applies as follows:
i=3: Not applicable, (N/2)<i≦((N/2)+1);
i=4, CE2 applies as follows:
i=5, CE2 applies as follows:
Referring to FIGS. 1-3, each OPi of operation array 46 is defined to be representative of a different azimuthal position relative to reference axis R. The "center" operation, OPi where i=((N/2)+1), represents the location of the reference axis and source 12. For the example N=4, this center operation corresponds to i=3. This arrangement is analogous to the different interaural time differences associated with a natural binaural hearing system. In these natural systems, there is a relative position in each sound passageway within the ear that corresponds to a maximum "in phase" peak for a given sound source. Accordingly, each operation of array 46 represents a position corresponding to a potential azimuthal or angular position range for a sound source, with the center operation representing a source at the zero azimuth—a source aligned with reference axis R. For an environment having a single source without noise or interference, determining the signal pair with the maximum strength may be sufficient to locate the source with little additional processing; however, in noisy or multiple source environments, further processing may be needed to properly estimate locations.
It should be understood that dual delay line 40 provides a two dimensional matrix of outputs with N+1 columns corresponding to Xpi(m), and M rows corresponding to each discrete frequency ƒm of Xpi(m). This (N+1)�M matrix is determined for each short-term spectral analysis interval p. Furthermore, by subtracting XRpi(m) from XLpi(m), the denominator of each expression CE1, CE2 is arranged to provide a minimum value of Xpi(m) when the signal pair is "in-phase" at the given frequency ƒm. Localization stage 70 uses this aspect of expressions CE1, CE2 evaluate the location of source 14 relative to source 12.
Localization stage 70 accumulates P number of these matrices to determine the Xpi(m) representative of the position of source 14. For each column i, localization stage 70 performs a summation of the amplitude of |Xpi(m)| to the second power over frequencies ƒm from m=1 to m=M. The summation is then multiplied by the inverse of M to find an average spectral energy as follows:
The resulting averages, Xavgpi are then time averaged over the P most recent spectralanalysis time frames indexed by p in accordance with:
where γp are empirically determined weighting factors. In one embodiment, the γp factors are preferably between 0.85p and 0.90p, where p is the short-term spectral analysis time frame index. The Xi are analyzed to determine the minimum value, min(Xi). The index i of min(Xi), designated "I," estimates the column representing the azimuthal location of source 14 relative to source 12.
It has been discovered that the spectral content of a desired signal from source 12, when approximately aligned with reference axis R1, can be estimated from XpI(m). In other words, the spectral signal output by array 46 which most closely corresponds to the relative location of the "off-axis" source 14 contemporaneously provides a spectral representation of a signal emanating from source 12. As a result, the signal processing of dual delay line 40 not only facilitates localization of source 14, but also provides a spectral estimate of the desired signal with only minimal post-localization processing to produce a representative output.
Post-localization processing includes provision of a designation signal by localization stage 70 to conceptual "switch" 80 to select the output column XpI(m) of the dual delay line 40. The XpI(m) is routed by switch 80 to an inverse Discrete Fourier Transform algorithm (Inverse DFT) in stage 82 for conversion from a frequency domain signal representation to a discrete time domain signal representation denoted as s(k). The signal estimate s(k) is then converted by Digital to Analog (D/A) converter 84 to provide an output signal to output device 80.
Output device 80 amplifies the output signal from processor 30 with amplifier 92 and supplies the amplified signal to speaker 94 to provide the extracted signal from a source 12.
It has been found that interference from off-axis sources separated by as little as 2 degrees from the on axis source may be reduced or eliminated with the present invention—even when the desired signal includes speech and the interference includes babble. Moreover, the present invention provides for the extraction of desired signals even when the interfering or noise signal is of equal or greater relative intensity. By moving sensors 22, 24 in tandem the signal selected to be extracted may correspondingly be changed. Moreover, the present invention may be employed in an environment having many sound sources in addition to sources 12, 14. In one alternative embodiment, the localization algorithm is configured to dynamically respond to relative positioning as well as relative strength, using automated learning techniques. In other embodiments, the present invention is adapted for use with highly directional microphones, more than two sensors to simultaneously extract multiple signals, and various adaptive amplification and filtering techniques known to those skilled in the art.
The present invention greatly improves computational efficiency compared to conventional systems by determining a spectral signal representative of the desired signal as part of the localization processing. As a result, an output signal characteristic of a desired signal from source 12 is determined as a function of the signal pair XLpI(m), XRpI(m) corresponding to the separation of source 14 from source 12. Also, the exponents in the denominator of CE1, CE2 correspond to phase difference of frequencies ƒm resulting from the separation of source 12 from 14. Referring to the example of N=4 and assuming that I=1, this phase difference is −2π(τ1+τ2)ƒm (for delay line 42) and 2π(τ3+τ4)ƒm (for delay line 44) and corresponds to the separation of the representative location of off-axis source 14 from the on-axis source 12 at i=3. Likewise the time increments, τ1+τ2 and τ3+τ4, correspond to the separation of source 14 from source 12 for this example. Thus, processor 30 implements dual delay line 40 and corresponding operational relationships CE1, CE2 to provide a means for generating a desired signal by locating the position of an interfering signal source relative to the source of the desired signal.
It is preferred that τi be selected to provide generally equal azimuthal positions relative to reference axis R. In one embodiment, this arrangement corresponds to the values of τi changing about 20% from the smallest to the largest value. In other embodiments, τi are all generally equal to one another, simplifying the operations of array 46. Notably, the pair of time increments in the numerator of CE1, CE2 corresponding to the separation of the sources 12 and 14 become approximately equal when all values τi are generally the same.
Processor 30 may be comprised of one or more components or pieces of equipment. The processor may include digital circuits, analog circuits, or a combination of these circuit types. Processor 40 may be programmable, an integrated state machine, or utilize a combination of these techniques. Preferably, processor 40 is a solid state integrated digital signal processor circuit customized to perform the process of the present invention with a minimum of external components and connections. Similarly, the extraction process of the present invention may be performed on variously arranged processing equipment configured to provide the corresponding functionality with one or more hardware modules, firmware modules, software modules, or a combination thereof. Moreover, as used herein, "signal" includes, but is not limited to, software, firmware, hardware, programming variable, communication channel, and memory location representations.
Referring to FIG. 4A, one application of the present invention is depicted as hearing aid system 110. System 110 includes eyeglasses G with microphones 122 and 124 fixed to glasses G and displaced from one another. Microphones 122, 124 are operatively coupled to hearing aid processor 130. Processor 130 is operatively coupled to output device 190. Output device 190 is positioned in ear E to provide an audio signal to the wearer.
Microphones 122, 124 are utilized in a manner similar to sensors 22, 24 of the embodiment depicted by FIGS. 1-3. Similarly, processor 130 is configured with the signal extraction process depicted in of FIGS. 1-3. Processor 130 provides the extracted signal to output device 190 to provide an audio output to the wearer. The wearer of system 110 may position glasses G to align with a desired sound source, such as a speech signal, to reduce interference from a nearby noise source off axis from the midpoint between microphones 122, 124. Moreover, the wearer may select a different signal by realigning with another desired sound source to reduce interference from a noisy environment.
Processor 130 and output device 190 may be separate units (as depicted) or included in a common unit worn in the ear. The coupling between processor 130 and output device 190 may be an electrical cable or a wireless transmission. In one alternative embodiment, sensors 122, 124 and processor 130 are remotely located and are configured to broadcast to one or more output devices 190 situated in the ear E via a radio frequency transmission or other conventional telecommunication method.
FIG. 4B shows a voice recognition system 210 employing the present invention as a front end speech enhancement device. System 210 includes personal computer C with two microphones 222, 224 spaced apart from each other in a predetermined relationship. Microphones 222, 224 are operatively coupled to a processor 230 within computer C. Processor 230 provides an output signal for internal use or responsive reply via speakers 294 a, 294 b or visual display 296. An operator aligns in a predetermined relationship with microphones 222, 224 of computer C to deliver voice commands. Computer C is configured to receive these voice commands, extracting the desired voice command from a noisy environment in accordance with the process system of FIGS. 1-3.
All publications and patent applications cited in this specification are herein incorporated by reference as if each individual publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.
The following experimental results are provided as nonlimiting examples, and should not be construed to restrict the scope of the present invention.
A Sun Sparc-20 workstation was programmed to emulate the signal extraction process of the present invention. One loudspeaker (L1) was used to emit a speech signal and another loudspeaker (L2) was used to emit babble noise in a semi-anechoic room. Two microphones of a conventional type where positioned in the room and operatively coupled to the workstation. The microphones had an inter-microphone distance of about 15 centimeters and were positioned about 3 feet from L1. L1 was aligned with the midpoint between the microphones to define a zero degree azimuth. L2 was placed at different azimuths relative to L1 approximately equidistant to the midpoint between L1 and L2.
Referring to FIG. 5, a clean speech of a sentence about two seconds long is depicted, emanating from L1 without interference from L2. FIG. 6 depicts a composite signal from L1 and L2. The composite signal includes babble noise from L2 combined with the speech signal depicted in FIG. 5. The babble noise and speech signal are of generally equal intensity (0 dB) with L2 placed at a 60 degree azimuth relative to L1. FIG. 7 depicts the signal recovered from the composite signal of FIG. 6. This signal is nearly the same as the signal of FIG. 5.
FIG. 8 depicts another composite signal where the babble noise is 30 dB more intense than the desired signal of FIG. 5. Furthermore, L2 is placed at only a 2 degree azimuth relative to L1. FIG. 9 depicts the signal recovered from the composite signal of FIG. 8, providing a clearly intelligible representation of the signal of FIG. 5 despite the greater intensity of the babble noise from L2 and the nearby location.
While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the invention are desired to be protected.
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The above quote is lifted from a brilliant talk by Brian Jones (no, not that one…), subsequently reprinted in Jacobin magazine. Demolishing the 'common-sense' view of race, he dates its invention as a category to the 17th century: "If human history were a two hundred page book, 'race' begins on the last line of the last sentence of the last page." It's a really useful perspective for wading through the fallout over Rachel Dolezal and Andrea Smith. And it's probably a good tool for thinking through the various debates around identitarian politics. But I think its relevance is even wider. When Jones talks about Wednesday – something that is horribly real and at the same time utterly fictive – he could just as easily be talking about the way that money works.
I've been meaning to follow up on Keir's post about the "explosion of sincerity" for weeks now, so here are some threads I'm trying to pull together…
In Déjà Vu and the End of History Virno talks about how we appear to be living through an era of hyper-historicity, trapped in a pattern of permanently recycling and reworking everything. On a superficial level we can point to the ceaseless cultural regurgitation that's symptomatic of postmodernism: from Mad Max to TFI Friday to this bollocks, there's no end to retromania (and if I tried harder, I could probably think of something that's actually a re-make of a re-make). But Virno also makes reference to the Society of the Spectacle, the idea that we collect our own lives while they are passing: the present is duplicated as the spectacle of the present and we end up watching ourselves live. This has real consequences. As Virno puts it:
While not all the Free Association are currently members of Plan C it's fair to say that involvement in that organisation has re-directed at least some of the energies that would otherwise have gone here. To illustrate that I thought I'd share a 'position paper' I wrote for Plan C which has just been published on their website: On Social Strikes and Directional Demands.
I was planning to post this along with the notes from our recent talk on comedy, but Keir beat me to it. Timing is everything, apparently…
It's the third section of that talk – the one on the hyper-ironisation of contemporary culture – that's been nagging away at me. In one sense it feels self-evidently true: the hollow laughter of the cynic has largely taken the place of meaningful political action. Bantz, trolling, 4chan, doing it for the lulz… And it's not hard to understand why when the times we live in are beyond satire.
So last Saturday three communists walked into Duffy's bar in Leicester and started talking about economic crisis, pop music and comedy. Let me give you a summary.
The talk was in three sections. The first set the scene of pervasive crisis. Arguing that in this context we should expect the rise of characters who seem to signify the spirit of the times and that people identify with politically. In the crisis of the 1930s these figures tended to be political leaders but in the 1960s and 70s, after the birth of pop culture, such figures were equally likely to be pop stars. In the current crisis this seems to have changed. By raising the examples of Russell Brand, Beppe Grillo and Dieudonné we suggest that figures of political identification (on both the Left and the Right) are now more likely to be comedians than pop stars.
This Saturday, February 21st 1-2pm, The Free Association will be making one of our rare public appearance.
We"ll be at Duffy's Bar in Leicester expanding on this article we published on the Guardian's Comment is Free site last year: Why are Comedians, not musicians, talking 'bout a revolution?
I'm at a bike shop in central London. I'm being fitted for a new frame. I've had some serious problems with my back and my best bike, its pro geometry never really suitable for me even when I did race, is now definitely inappropriate. Julian, who's sorting me out, asks me about racing and I mention my club Ferryhill Wheelers. Ah, he's seen that name when he's looked at results for over-50s races. I do a double-take and look at Julian more closely. This guy's in his fifties? I would've put him at around my age. Turns out he's 56. Must be something keeping him looking young. Perhaps it's cycling. Or maybe love of life. He's just returned from a holiday celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Congratulations. He tells me that he and his partner, now wife, have been together for decades, they've got a couple of teenage kids, but last year decideded to get married. That's interesting, I think, getting married only once your kids have almost left home isn't normal. I'm drawn to him.
I've been catching up with Mark Fisher's latest collection and have been really struck by what he says about loss – or rather the loss of loss. I'm tempted to start banging on about Pogle's Wood (a prime example of 'fugitive evanescence', in my life at least), but this sense of loss goes a lot further than TV programmes.
There's a great interview here with Mark Stewart of early post-punks the Pop Group — by Diane Kamikaze on wfmu.
Can't capture it all here, but the conversation ranges seamlessly across music, politics, culture, innovation, DIY, group dynamics, magic, ethics and the repetition of history. He even mentions zombies. As punk as fuck.
"Why aren't the British middle classes staging a revolution?", asks Telegraph columnist Alex Pound.
Why aren't the middle classes revolting? Words you probably never thought you'd read in the Telegraph. Words which, as a Gladstonian Liberal, I never thought I'd write. But seriously, why aren't we seeing scenes reminiscent of Paris in 1968? Moscow in 1917? Boston in 1773?


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