Robust real-time implementation of adaptive feedback cancellation using noise injection algorithm on smartphone

Abstract

We propose a novel low latency smartphone-based application that demonstrates the real-time operation to cancel the negative effects of acoustic feedback arising from the coupling between the speaker and the microphone of the smartphone or similar device utilizing the robust Noise Injection (NI) method. We make use of multiple noise injections of short durations to estimate the filter coefficients of an appropriate order between the speaker and the microphone, in order to perform the feedback cancellation effectively in real-time. Our motive behind the development of this application is to perform an effective acoustic feedback cancellation irrespective of the position of speaker and the microphone on the platform under consideration. With the proposed application, we can estimate the transfer function between speaker and microphone in the changing room acoustics making the feedback cancellation very effective. Objective and subjective tests were conducted and results of the proposed real-time application indicate significant acoustic feedback suppression in the presence of varying environmental conditions.