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2020 – today
- 2023
[j24]Gaël Richard
, Paris Smaragdis, Sharon Gannot, Patrick A. Naylor, Shoji Makino, Walter Kellermann, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Audio Signal Processing in the 21st Century: The important outcomes of the past 25 years. IEEE Signal Process. Mag. 40(5): 12-26 (2023)- [c75]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Technical Writing Method Based on a Three-Point Analysis and a Slide-First Principle. FIE 2023: 1-5 - [c74]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Adaptive Noise Canceller Algorithm with SNR-Based Stepsize and Data-Dependent Averaging. ICASSP 2023: 1-5 - [c73]Masanori Tsujikawa, Akihiko Sugiyama, Ken Hanazawa, Yoshinobu Kajikawa:
Linear Microphone Array Parallel to the Driving Direction for in-Car Speech Enhancement. ICASSP 2023: 1-5 - [c72]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Adaptive Noise Canceller Algorithm with an SNR-Based Stepsize and Controlled Averaging. ICCE 2023: 1-2 - 2022
- [c71]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Robust Adaptive Noise Canceller Algorithm with Snr-Based Stepsize Control and Noise-Path Gain Compensation. ICASSP 2022: 41-45 - [c70]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Robust Noise Canceller Algorithm with SNR-Based Stepsize Control and Gain Adjustment. ICCE 2022: 1-2 - [c69]Akihiko Sugiyama, Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura:
User Preference Between Residual Noise And Speech Distortion In Speech Enhancement. IWAENC 2022: 1-5 - 2021
- [j23]Akihiko Sugiyama, Masahiro Serizawa:
Innovation, Standardization, and Business Success in Media Signal Processing. IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag. 10(3): 97-110 (2021) - [c68]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Robust Convergence Algorithm for Adaptive Noise Cancellers with SNR-Based Stepsize Control. ICCE 2021: 1-2 - 2020
- [c67]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Fast Start-Up Algorithm for Adaptive Noise Cancellers with Novel SNR Estimation and Stepsize Control. ICASSP 2020: 2987-2991 - [c66]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Fast Convergence Algorithm for Adaptive Noise Cancellers with SNR-Based Stepsize Control. ICCE 2020: 1-2
2010 – 2019
- 2019
- [j22]Ryoji Miyahara, Kouji Oosugi, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A Hearing Device With an Adaptive Noise Canceller for Noise-Robust Voice Input. IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. 65(4): 444-453 (2019) - [c65]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara, Kouji Oosugi:
A Noise Robust Hearable Device with an Adaptive Noise Canceller and Its DSP Implementation. ICASSP 2019: 2722-2726 - [c64]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
Scene Exchange: An Audio Processor to Replace the Background Signal for a Different Scene. ICCE 2019: 1-2 - [c63]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara, Kouji Oosugi:
A Noise Robust Hearable Device with an Adaptive Noise Canceller and Its DSP Implementation. ICCE 2019: 1-2 - [c62]Takashi Maekaku, Yusuke Kida, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Simultaneous Detection and Localization of a Wake-Up Word Using Multi-Task Learning of the Duration and Endpoint. INTERSPEECH 2019: 4240-4244 - 2018
- [j21]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A Directional Noise Suppressor with a Specified Constant Beamwidth. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 101-A(10): 1616-1624 (2018) - [j20]Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Tatsuya Komatsu:
A Stereo Wind-Noise Suppressor with Null Beamforming and Frequency-Domain Noise Averaging. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 101-A(10): 1631-1637 (2018) - [j19]Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A Wind-Noise Suppressor with SNR Based Wind-Noise Detection and Speech-Wind Discrimination. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 101-A(10): 1638-1645 (2018) - [j18]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Gain Relaxation: A Solution to Overlooked Performance Degradation in Speech Recognition with Signal Enhancement. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 101-A(11): 1832-1840 (2018) - [j17]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An Auto-Focusing-Noise Suppressor for Cell-Phone Videos Based on Multiple Noise References and Spectral Gain Selection. IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. 64(1): 28-34 (2018) - [c61]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Adaptive Noise Canceller with Snr Estimate Switchover for Stepsize Control. ICASSP 2018: 2166-2170 - [c60]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Adaptive noise canceller with two SNR estimates for stepsize control. ICCE 2018: 1-2 - 2017
- [c59]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Diagonal microphone placement for the landscape/portrait interchangeable mode of a personal computer. ICASSP 2017: 2167-2171 - [c58]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
Automatic gain control with integrated signal enhancement for specified target and background-noise levels. ICASSP 2017: 5640-5644 - [c57]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A tablet personal computer with diagonal microphone placement for the landscape/portrait interchangeable mode. ICCE 2017: 456-457 - 2016
- [c56]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Gain relaxation: A useful technique for signal enhancement with an unaware local noise source targeted at speech recognition. ICASSP 2016: 2234-2238 - [c55]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A distant signal pick-up system for audio recording with a constant background-noise level. ICCE 2016: 273-274 - 2015
- [c54]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A directional noise suppressor with an adjustable constant beamwidth for multichannel signal enhancement. EUSIPCO 2015: 1276-1280 - [c53]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Tutorial sessions: Lazy and easy technical writing. GCCE 2015: 36-37 - [c52]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A directional noise suppressor with a specified beamwidth. ICASSP 2015: 524-528 - [c51]Akihiko Sugiyama, Masanori Kato, Ryoji Miyahara:
A wind-noise suppressor with wind-burst detection based on a stationary noise estimate. ICCE 2015: 24-25 - 2014
- [c50]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A lowdistortion noise canceller with a novel stepsize control and conditional cancellation. EUSIPCO 2014: 1262-1266 - [c49]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A new generalized sidelobe canceller with a compact array of microphones suitable for mobile terminals. ICASSP 2014: 820-824 - [c48]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An auto-focusing noise suppressor for cellphone movies based on phase randomization and power compensation. ICASSP 2014: 2199-2203 - [c47]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A tapping-noise suppressor with magnitude-weighted phase-based detection for smartphones. ICCE 2014: 526-527 - [c46]Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A wind-noise suppressor based on wind-onset detection and spectral gain modification. IWAENC 2014: 144-148 - 2013
- [c45]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara, Kwangsoo Park:
Impact-noise suppression with phase-based detection. EUSIPCO 2013: 1-5 - [c44]Ryoji Miyahara, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An auto-focusing noise suppressor for cellphone movies based on peak preservation and phase randomization. ICASSP 2013: 2785-2789 - [c43]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
Phase randomization - A new paradigm for single-channel signal enhancement. ICASSP 2013: 7487-7491 - [c42]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
A zooming-noise suppressor with no a priori information for digital still cameras. ICCE 2013: 403-404 - [c41]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
Tapping-noise suppression with magnitude-weighted phase-based detection. WASPAA 2013: 1-4 - 2012
- [c40]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara:
An auto-focusing-noise suppressor for cellphone movies based on multiple noise references. ICCE 2012: 45-46 - 2011
- [c39]Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara, Masanori Kato:
An adaptive noise canceller with adaptive delay compensation for a distant noise source. ICASSP 2011: 265-268 - 2010
- [j16]Osamu Shimada, Akihiko Sugiyama, Toshiyuki Nomura:
A Low Complexity Noise Suppressor with Hybrid Filterbanks and Adaptive Time-Frequency Tiling. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 93-A(1): 254-260 (2010) - [j15]Miki Sato, Toru Iwasawa, Akihiko Sugiyama, Toshihiro Nishizawa, Yosuke Takano:
A Single-Chip Speech Dialogue Module and Its Evaluation on a Personal Robot, PaPeRo-Mini. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 93-A(1): 261-271 (2010) - [c38]Akihiko Sugiyama, Yuusuke Mizuno, Akihiro Hirano, Kenji Nakayama:
A stereo echo canceller with simultaneous input-sliding and sliding-period control. ICASSP 2010: 325-328
2000 – 2009
- 2009
- [j14]Akihiko Sugiyama:
Foreword. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 92-A(8): 1872-1873 (2009) - [j13]Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura, Akihiko Sugiyama, Masahiro Serizawa:
Tradeoff Between Complexity and Memory Size in the 3GPP Enhanced aacPlus Decoder: Speed-Conscious and Memory-Conscious Decoders on a 16-Bit Fixed-Point DSP. J. Signal Process. Syst. 57(3): 297-303 (2009) - [c37]Akihiko Sugiyama, Yuusuke Mizuno, Laurent Kazdaghli, Akihiro Hirano, Kenji Nakayama:
A stereo echo canceller with simultaneous 2-channel input slides for fast convergence and good sound localization. EUSIPCO 2009: 1992-1996 - [c36]Akihiko Sugiyama:
A robust NLMS algorithm with a novel noise modeling based on stationary/nonstationary noise decomposition. ICASSP 2009: 201-204 - [c35]Miki Sato, Toru Iwasawa, Akihiko Sugiyama, Toshihiro Nishizawa, Yosuke Takano:
A single-chip speech dialogue module and its evaluation on a personal robot, PaPeRo-mini. ICASSP 2009: 3697-3700 - 2008
- [c34]Thanh Phong Hua, Akihiko Sugiyama, Régine Le Bouquin Jeannes, Gérard Faucon:
A new robust adaptation mode controller based on a normalized cross-correlation with multiple symmetric leaky blocking matrices for adaptive microphone arrays. EUSIPCO 2008: 1-5 - 2007
- [c33]Amin Karbasi, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A new DOA estimation method using a circular microphone array. EUSIPCO 2007: 778-782 - [c32]Kazuhiro Yamato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Masanori Kato:
Implementation of a Multipurpose Noise Suppressor Based on a Novel Scalable Framework. ICASSP (2) 2007: 337-340 - 2006
- [j12]Akihiko Sugiyama, Yann Joncour, Akihiro Hirano, Takao Nishitani, Gérard Faucon:
A Stereo Echo Canceler with Input Slides and Counter-Lateralization. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 89-A(6): 1776-1787 (2006) - [j11]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Suppressor Based on Spectral Correlation between Residual Echo and Echo Replica. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 89-A(11): 3254-3259 (2006) - [c31]Thanh Phong Hua, Akihiko Sugiyama, Régine Le Bouquin Jeannes, Gérard Faucon:
A new adaptation mode controller for adaptive microphone arrays based on nested and symmetric leaky blocking matrices. EUSIPCO 2006: 1-5 - [c30]Amin Karbasi, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A DOA estimation method for an arbitrary triangular microphone arrangement. EUSIPCO 2006: 1-5 - [c29]Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura, Akihiko Sugiyama, Masahiro Serizawa:
Tradeoff between complexity and memory size in the 3GPP enhanced aacPlus decoder: Speed-conscious and memory-conscious decoders on a 16-bit fixed-point DSP. EUSIPCO 2006: 1-5 - [c28]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An Acoustic ECHO Suppressor Based on a Frequency-Domain Model of Highly Nonlinear Residual ECHO. ICASSP (5) 2006: 269-272 - [c27]Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A Low-Complexity Noise Suppressor with Nonuniform Subbands and a Frequency-Domain Highpass Filter. ICASSP (1) 2006: 473-476 - 2005
- [j10]Miki Sato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Shinichi Ohnaka:
An Adaptive Noise Canceller with Low Signal-Distortion Based on Variable Stepsize Subfilters for Human-Robot Communication. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 88-A(8): 2055-2061 (2005) - [j9]Miki Sato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Osamu Hoshuyama, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Yoshihiro Fujita:
Near-Field Sound-Source Localization Based on a Signed Binary Code. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 88-A(8): 2078-2086 (2005) - [c26]Akihiko Sugiyama, Jérôme Berclaz, Miki Sato:
Noise-robust double-talk detection based on normalized cross correlation and a noise offset. ICASSP (3) 2005: 153-156 - 2004
- [c25]Akihiko Sugiyama, Akihiro Hirano, Kenji Nakayama:
Acoustic echo cancellation for conference systems. EUSIPCO 2004: 17-20 - [c24]Miki Sato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Shinichi Ohnaka:
An adaptive noise canceler with low signal-distortion based on variable stepsize subfilters for human-robot communication. ICASSP (4) 2004: 137-140 - [c23]Osamu Hoshuyama, Rafik A. Goubran, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A generalized proportionate variable step-size algorithm for fast changing acoustic environments. ICASSP (4) 2004: 161-164 - 2003
- [c22]Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Masahiro Serizawa:
A family of 3GPP-standard noise suppressors for the AMR codec and the evaluation results. ICASSP (1) 2003: 916-919 - 2002
- [j8]Masanori Kato, Akihiko Sugiyama, Masahiro Serizawa:
Noise Suppression with High Speech Quality Based on Weighted Noise Estimation and MMSE STSA. IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci. 85-A(7): 1710-1718 (2002) - [j7]Akihiko Sugiyama, Shigeji Ikeda, Akihiro Hirano:
A fast convergence algorithm for sparse-tap adaptive FIR filters identifying an unknown number of dispersive regions. IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 50(12): 3008-3017 (2002) - [c21]Akihiko Sugiyama, Thanh Phong Hua, Masanori Kato, Masahiro Serizawa:
Noise suppression with synthesis windowing and pseudo noise injection. ICASSP 2002: 545-548 - 2001
- [j6]Akihiko Sugiyama, Yann Joncour, Akihiro Hirano:
A stereo echo canceler with correct echo-path identification based on an input-sliding technique. IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 49(11): 2577-2587 (2001) - [c20]Akihiko Sugiyama, Tetsuro Yamaji:
An efficient multichannel line echo canceler algorithm for PSTN and VoIP/VoDSL applications. ICASSP 2001: 3229-3232 - [p1]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama:
Robust Adaptive Beamforming. Microphone Arrays 2001: 87-109 - 2000
- [j5]Karlheinz Brandenburg, Oliver Kunz, Akihiko Sugiyama:
MPEG-4 natural audio coding. Signal Process. Image Commun. 15(4-5): 423-444 (2000)
1990 – 1999
- 1999
- [j4]Shigeji Ikeda, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An adaptive noise canceller with low signal distortion for speech codecs. IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 47(3): 665-674 (1999) - [j3]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama, Akihiro Hirano:
A robust adaptive beamformer for microphone arrays with a blocking matrix using constrained adaptive filters. IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 47(10): 2677-2684 (1999) - [c19]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An adaptive microphone array with good sound quality using auxiliary fixed beamformers and its DSP implementation. ICASSP 1999: 949-952 - 1998
- [c18]Yann Joncour, Akihiko Sugiyama, Akihiro Hirano:
DSP implementation and performance evaluation of a stereo echo canceler with pre-processing. EUSIPCO 1998: 1-4 - [c17]Osamu Hoshuyama, Brigitte Begasse, Akihiko Sugiyama, Akihiro Hirano:
A real time robust adaptive microphone array controlled by an SNR estimate. ICASSP 1998: 3605-3608 - [c16]Yann Joncour, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A stereo echo canceler with pre-processing for correct echo-path identification. ICASSP 1998: 3677-3680 - 1997
- [c15]Yuichiro Takamizawa, Masahiro Iwadare, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An efficient tonal component coding algorithm for MPEG-2 Audio NBC. ICASSP 1997: 331-334 - [c14]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama, Akihiro Hirano:
A robust adaptive microphone array with improved spatial selectivity and its evaluation in a real environment. ICASSP 1997: 367-370 - 1996
- [c13]Osamu Hoshuyama, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A robust adaptive beamformer for microphone arrays with a blocking matrix using constrained adaptive filters. ICASSP 1996: 925-928 - [c12]Akihiro Hirano, Akihiko Sugiyama, Shigeji Ikeda:
DSP implementation and performance evaluation of sparse-tap adaptive FIR filters with tap-position control. ICASSP 1996: 1295-1298 - 1995
- [c11]Akihiro Hirano, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A noise-robust stochastic gradient algorithm with an adaptive step-size suitable for mobile hands-free telephones. ICASSP 1995: 1392-1395 - [c10]Akihiko Sugiyama, Frédéric Landais:
A new adaptive intersubband tap-assignment algorithm for subband adaptive filters. ICASSP 1995: 3051-3054 - 1994
- [c9]Shigeji Ikeda, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A fast convergence algorithm for sparse-tap adaptive FIR filters for an unknown number of multiple echoes. ICASSP (3) 1994: 41-44 - [c8]Akihiro Hirano, Akihiko Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Arasawa, Noboru Kawayachi:
DSP implementation and performance evaluation of a compact stereo echo canceller. ICASSP (2) 1994: 245-248 - 1993
- [c7]Akihiko Sugiyama:
An interference-robust stochastic gradient algorithm with a gradient-adaptive step-size. ICASSP (3) 1993: 539-542 - 1992
- [j2]Masahiro Iwadare, Akihiko Sugiyama, Fumie Hazu, Akihiro Hirano, Takao Nishitani:
A 128 kb/s Hi-Fi Audio CODEC Based on Adaptive Transform Coding with Adaptive Block Size MDCT. IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 10(1): 138-144 (1992) - 1991
- [c6]Shigeji Ikeda, Akihiko Sugiyama:
A fast convergence algorithm for adaptive FIR filters with coarsely located taps. ICASSP 1991: 1525-1528 - 1990
- [c5]Akihiko Sugiyama, Fumie Hazu, Masahiro Iwadare, Takao Nishitani:
Adaptive transform coding with an adaptive block size (ATC-ABS). ICASSP 1990: 1093-1096 - [c4]Fumie Hazu, Akihiko Sugiyama, Masahiro Iwadare, Takao Nishitani:
Adaptive transform coding with an adaptive block size using a modified DCT. ICSLP 1990: 649-652
1980 – 1989
- 1989
- [c3]Akihiko Sugiyama, M. N. S. Swamy, Eugene I. Plotkin:
A fast convergence algorithm for adaptive FIR filters. ICASSP 1989: 892-895 - 1986
- [j1]Akira Kanemasa, Akihiko Sugiyama, Shin'ichi Koike, Tetsu Koyama:
An ISDN Subscriber Loop Transmission System Based on Echo Cancellation Technique. IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 4(8): 1359-1366 (1986) - [c2]Akira Kanemasa, Akihiko Sugiyama:
An adaptive filter convergence method for echo cancellation and decision feedback equalization. ICASSP 1986: 957-960 - [c1]Akihiko Sugiyama, Akira Kanemasa, Shin'ichi Koike:
A Decision Feedback Equalizer for ISDN Subscriber Loop Transmission. ICC 1986: 1661-1665
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