Hybrid Active Noise Control with Auxiliary Filter-based Virtual Sensing

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a hybrid active noise control system with auxiliary filter-based virtual sensing. The proposed system consists of a Feed-Forward (FF) part, which can reduce broadband noise, and a FeedBack (FB) part, which can reduce narrowband disturbance components, by introducing virtual sensing into the hybrid ANC. Virtual sensing is realized by using two auxiliary filters because the optimal noise control filters are different for the FF and FB parts, respectively. These auxiliary filters store information on the optimal noise control filters that can reduce both narrowband disturbance and broadband noise at the desired location in the tuning stage. Through simulations with real impulse responses for real applications, we demonstrate that the proposed hybrid ANC can achieve an overall noise reduction of about 30 dB.