Noise Suppression Using Beamformer and Transfer-Function-Gain Nonnegative Matrix Factorization with Distributed Stereo Microphones

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel approach to noise suppression using multiple distributed recording devices with stereo microphones. In the proposed method, noise suppression based on phase information is applied to the synchronous stereo signals captured by each recording device and then output signals are utilized for transfer-function-gain nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) as extra input signals. We intended to estimate the target signal more accurately by transfer-function-gain NMF. Experiments using impulse responses measured in a meeting room have shown that the proposed method outperformed conventional methods using transfer-function-gain NMF in terms of the signal-to-distortion ratio (SDR) and signal-to-interference ratio (SIR).