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The selective fixed-filter active noise control (SFANC) method selecting the best pre-trained control filters for various types of noise can achieve a fast response time. However, it may lead to large steady-state errors due to inaccurate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-13 Zhengding Luo , Dongyuan Shi , Woon-Seng Gan

The Kalman filter (KF)-based active noise control (ANC) system demonstrates superior tracking and faster convergence compared to the least mean square (LMS) method, particularly in dynamic noise cancellation scenarios. However, in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-30 Junwei Ji , Dongyuan Shi , Boxiang Wang , Xiaoyi Shen , Zhengding Luo , Woon-Seng Gan

This paper presents some recent algorithms developed by the authors for real-time adaptive active noise (AANC) control systems. These algorithms address some of the common challenges faced by AANC systems, such as speaker saturation, system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-21 Woon-Seng Gan , Dongyuan Shi , Xiaoyi Shen

This dissertation focuses on the investigation and evaluation of adptive algorithms for multichannel active noise control system. The aim of the research is to investigate the effectiveness of the FxLMS algorithm and the pre-trained control…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-31 Runsheng Zhang

Several approaches have been introduced in literature for active noise control (ANC) systems. Since FxLMS algorithm appears to be the best choice as a controller filter, researchers tend to improve performance of ANC systems by enhancing…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-04-28 P. Babu , A. Krishnan

Research in traditional Active Noise Control(ANC) often abstracts acoustic channels with band-limited filter coefficients. This is a limitation in exploring structural and positional aspects of ANC. As a solution to this, we propose the use…

Sound · Computer Science 2018-02-28 C. K. Sajil , C. L. Biji , S. Nair Achuthsankar

Multichannel active noise control (ANC) systems are designed to create a large zone of quietness (ZoQ) around the error microphones, however, the placement of these microphones often presents challenges due to physical limitations. Virtual…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-24 Boxiang Wang , Junwei Ji , Xiaoyi Shen , Dongyuan Shi , Woon-Seng Gan

Virtual sensing (VS) technology enables active noise control (ANC) systems to attenuate noise at virtual locations distant from the physical error microphones. Appropriate auxiliary filters (AF) can significantly enhance the effectiveness…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-10 Boxiang Wang , Dongyuan Shi , Zhengding Luo , Xiaoyi Shen , Junwei Ji , Woon-Seng Gan

Distributed multichannel active noise control (DMCANC) systems assign the high computational load of conventional centralized algorithms across multiple processing nodes, leveraging inter-node communication to collaboratively suppress…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-02 Junwei Ji , Dongyuan Shi , Zhengding Luo , Boxiang Wang , Ziyi Yang , Haowen Li , Woon-Seng Gan

Directional Selective Fixed-Filter Active Noise Control (D-SFANC) can effectively attenuate noise from different directions by selecting the suitable pre-trained control filter based on the Direction-of-Arrival (DoA) of the current noise.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Boxiang Wang , Zhengding Luo , Dongyuan Shi , Junwei Ji , Xiruo Su , Woon-Seng Gan

A spatial active noise control (ANC) method based on the individual kernel interpolation of primary and secondary sound fields is proposed. Spatial ANC is aimed at cancelling unwanted primary noise within a continuous region by using…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-11 Kazuyuki Arikawa , Shoichi Koyama , Hiroshi Saruwatari

Distributed multichannel active noise control (DMCANC) offers effective noise reduction across large spatial areas by distributing the computational load of centralized control to multiple low-cost nodes. Conventional DMCANC methods,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Junwei Ji , Dongyuan Shi , Boxiang Wang , Ziyi Yang , Haowen Li , Woon-Seng Gan

A spatial active noise control (ANC) method based on the interpolation of a sound field from reference microphone signals is proposed. In most current spatial ANC methods, a sufficient number of error microphones are required to reduce…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-29 Kazuyuki Arikawa , Shoichi Koyama , Hiroshi Saruwatari

Selective fixed-filter active noise control (SFANC) is a novel approach capable of mitigating noise with varying frequency characteristics. It offers faster response and greater computational efficiency compared to traditional adaptive…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Boxiang Wang , Zhengding Luo , Haowen Li , Dongyuan Shi , Junwei Ji , Ziyi Yang , Woon-Seng Gan

Smart glasses are becoming an increasingly prevalent wearable platform, with audio as a key interaction modality. However, hearing in noisy environments remains challenging because smart glasses are equipped with open-ear speakers that do…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-08 Kuang Yuan , Freddy Yifei Liu , Tong Xiao , Yiwen Song , Chengyi Shen , Saksham Bhutani , Justin Chan , Swarun Kumar

Conventional multiple-point active noise control (ANC) systems require placing error microphones within the region of interest (ROI), inconveniencing users. This paper designs a feasible monitoring microphone arrangement placed outside the…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-27 Yile Angela Zhang , Fei Ma , Thushara Abhayapala , Prasanga Samarasinghe , Amy Bastine

The multichannel virtual sensing active noise control (MVANC) methodology is an advanced approach that may provide a wide area of silence at specific virtual positions that are distant from the physical error microphones. Currently, there…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-20 Boxiang Wang

The Filtered-x Normalized Least Mean Square (FxNLMS) algorithm suffers from slow convergence and a risk of divergence, although it can achieve low steady-state errors after sufficient adaptation. In contrast, the Generative Fixed-Filter…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Zhengding Luo , Haozhe Ma , Boxiang Wang , Ziyi Yang , Dongyuan Shi , Woon-Seng Gan

Reviving natural ventilation (NV) for urban sustainability presents challenges for indoor acoustic comfort. Active control and interference-based noise mitigation strategies, such as the use of loudspeakers, offer potential solutions to…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-13 Bhan Lam , Kelvin Chee Quan Lim , Kenneth Ooi , Zhen-Ting Ong , Dongyuan Shi , Woon-Seng Gan

Spatially selective active noise control (SSANC) hearables aim to attenuate noise from certain directions at the eardrum while preserving desired speech arriving from selected directions. Existing SSANC systems typically assume an accurate…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Tong Xiao , Reinhild Roden , Matthias Blau , Simon Doclo