Estimation of a priori signal-to-noise ratio using neurograms for speech enhancement

2020 ◽  
Vol 147 (6) ◽  
pp. 3830-3848
Author(s):  
Wissam A. Jassim ◽  
Naomi Harte
Keyword(s):  
Speech Enhancement ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Noise Ratio

scholarly journals An SNR Estimation Technique Based on Deep Learning

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Yang ◽  
Zhitao Huang ◽  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Fenghua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Intermediate Frequency ◽  
Estimation Technique ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Snr Estimation ◽  
Application Range ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Priori Information

Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is a priori information necessary for many signal processing algorithms or techniques. However, there are many problems exsisting in conventional SNR estimation techniques, such as limited application range of modulation types, narrow effective estimation range of signal-to-noise ratio, and poor ability to accommodate non-zero timing offsets and frequency offsets. In this paper, an SNR estimation technique based on deep learning (DL) is proposed, which is a non-data-aid (NDA) technique. Second and forth moment (M2M4) estimator is used as a benchmark, and experimental results show that the performance and robustness of the proposed method are better, and the applied ranges of modulation types is wider. At the same time, the proposed method is not only applicable to the baseband signal and the incoherent signal, but can also estimate the SNR of the intermediate frequency signal.

scholarly journals A PHD-SLAM Method for Mixed Birth Map Information Based on Amplitude Information

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Zijing Zhang ◽  
Luxi Yang ◽  
Xinyu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Prior Information ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Estimation Accuracy ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Probability Hypothesis Density ◽  
Localization And Mapping ◽  
Noise Ratio

The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) method of mobile robots has the problem of low accuracy in complex environments with dense clutter and various map features, such as complex indoor environments and underwater environments. This problem is mainly embodied in estimating the location and number of feature points on the map and the position of the robot itself. In order to solve this problem, a new method based on the probability hypothesis density (PHD) SLAM is proposed in this paper, a PHD-SLAM Method for Mixed Birth Map Information Based on Amplitude Information (AI-MBMI-PHD-SLAM). Firstly, this paper proposes a PHD-SLAM method based on amplitude information (AI-PHD-SLAM). The method uses the amplitude information of map features to obtain more precise map features. Then, the clutter likelihood function is used to improve the estimation accuracy of the feature map in the SLAM process. Meanwhile, this paper studies the performance of the PHD-SLAM method with the amplitude information under the condition of the known signal-to-noise ratio or the unknown signal-to-noise ratio. Secondly, aiming at the problem that PHD-SLAM lacks a priori information in the prediction stage, an AI-PHD-SLAM-based mixed birth map information method is added. In this method, map information that has been detected before the previous moment is added to the observation information in the map prediction phase as a new map information set in the prediction phase. This can increase the prior information and improve the problem of insufficient prior information in the prediction stage. The results of the experiments show that the proposed method and the improved method outperform the RB-PHD-SLAM method in estimating the number and location accuracy of map features and have higher computational efficiency.

AN AUDITORY BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE WITH ACCURACY PREDICTION

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250009 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. LOPEZ-GORDO ◽  
F. PELAYO ◽  
A. PRIETO ◽  
E. FERNANDEZ
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Computer Interfaces ◽  
Dichotic Listening Task ◽  
Shift Keying ◽  
Trial Basis ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Listening Task ◽  
Binary Phase Shift Keying

Fully auditory Brain-computer interfaces based on the dichotic listening task (DL-BCIs) are suited for users unable to do any muscular movement, which includes gazing, exploration or coordination of their eyes looking for inputs in form of feedback, stimulation or visual support. However, one of their disadvantages, in contrast with the visual BCIs, is their lower performance that makes them not adequate in applications that require a high accuracy. To overcome this disadvantage, we employed a Bayesian approach in which the DL-BCI was modeled as a Binary phase shift keying receiver for which the accuracy can be estimated a priori as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio. The results showed the measured accuracy to match the predefined target accuracy, thus validating this model that made possible to estimate in advance the classification accuracy on a trial-by-trial basis. This constitutes a novel methodology in the design of fully auditory DL-BCIs that let us first, define the target accuracy for a specific application and second, classify when the signal-to-noise ratio guarantees that target accuracy.

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