NDLI: Robust pitch estimation using an optimal filter on frequency estimates

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Karimian-Azari, S. Jensen, J.R. Christensen, M.G.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: Audio Anal. Lab., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark (Karimian-Azari, S.; Jensen, J.R.; Christensen, M.G.)
Abstract	In many scenarios, a periodic signal of interest is often contaminated by different types of noise, that may render many existing pitch estimation methods suboptimal, e.g., due to an incorrect white Gaussian noise assumption. In this paper, a method is established to estimate the pitch of such signals from unconstrained frequency estimates (UFEs). A minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) method is proposed as an optimal solution to minimize the variance of UFEs considering the constraint of integer harmonics. The MVDR filter is designed based on noise statistics making it robust against different noise situations. The simulation results confirm that the proposed MVDR method outperforms the state-of-the-art weighted least squares (WLS) pitch estimator in colored noise and has robust pitch estimates against missing harmonics in some time-frames.
Starting Page	1557
Ending Page	1561
File Size	1088877
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780992862619
ISSN	20761465
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-09-01
Publisher Place	Portugal
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	EURASIP
Subject Keyword	Pitch estimation Maximum likelihood estimation Audio signal Harmonic model Gaussian noise Harmonic analysis Frequency estimation Minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) Colored noise Maximum likelihood (ML)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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