Abstract: Noise cancellation operations consume battery power, and thus techniques for reducing power consumption by performing power management in active noise cancellation in consumer devices are beneficial for the user. One example power management technique described according to embodiments of this disclosure allow wind noise detection to switch between a high-power higher-accuracy operation and a low-power lower-accuracy operation. For example, multiple microphones may be available on the personal device for detecting wind noise, in which using multiple microphones increases accuracy but also increases battery consumption. A personal device may switch between using a single microphone and multiple microphones based on environmental conditions to provide improved performance in certain environmental conditions and reduced power consumption in other environmental conditions.

Abstract: An adaptive noise-canceling system generates an anti-noise signal with a filter that has a response controlled by a set of coefficients selected from a collection of coefficient sets. The adaptive noise-canceling system includes an acoustic output transducer for reproducing a signal containing the anti-noise signal, a first microphone for measuring ambient noise at a first location to produce a first noise measurement signal, a second microphone for measuring the ambient noise at a second location to generate a second noise measurement signal, and an analysis subsystem for analyzing the first noise measurement signal and the second noise measurement signal. The adaptive noise-canceling system also includes a controller that selects the set of coefficients from the collection of coefficient sets according to a phase difference between the first noise measurement signal and the second noise measurement signal as determined by the analysis subsystem.

Abstract: Noise cancellation operations consume battery power, and thus techniques for reducing power consumption by performing power management in active noise cancellation in consumer devices are beneficial for the user. One example power management technique described according to embodiments of this disclosure allow wind noise detection to switch between a high-power higher-accuracy operation and a low-power lower-accuracy operation. For example, multiple microphones may be available on the personal device for detecting wind noise, in which using multiple microphones increases accuracy but also increases battery consumption. A personal device may switch between using a single microphone and multiple microphones based on environmental conditions to provide improved performance in certain environmental conditions and reduced power consumption in other environmental conditions.

Abstract: An adaptive noise-canceling system generates an anti-noise signal with a filter that has a response controlled by a set of coefficients selected from a collection of coefficient sets. The adaptive noise-canceling system includes an acoustic output transducer for reproducing a signal containing the anti-noise signal, a first microphone for measuring ambient noise at a first location to produce a first noise measurement signal, a second microphone for measuring the ambient noise at a second location to generate a second noise measurement signal, and an analysis subsystem for analyzing the first noise measurement signal and the second noise measurement signal. The adaptive noise-canceling system also includes a controller that selects the set of coefficients from the collection of coefficient sets according to a phase difference between the first noise measurement signal and the second noise measurement signal as determined by the analysis subsystem.