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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to the following U.S. patent applications
U.S. application Ser. No. 07/867,314 filed April 1992 by W. Klippel
entitled CORRECTION OF LINEAR TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS AND REDUCTION OF
NONLINEAR DISTORTION FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS.
U.S. application Ser. No. 04/709,391 filed May 30, 1985 by A. Kaizer
entitled ARRANGEMENT FOR CONVERTING AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL INTO AN ACOUSTIC
SIGNAL OR VICE VERSA AND A NON-LINEAR NETWORK FOR USE IN THE ARRANGEMENT.
and to the other publications
Koh, T. and Powers, E. J.: Second-order Volterra filtering and its
application to nonlinear system identification, IEEE Trans. Acoust. Speech
Signal Process. Vol. ASSP-33 No. 6 December 1985, pp. 1445-55.
Kaizer, A. J.: Modeling of the Nonlinear Response of an Electrodynamic
Loudspeaker by a Volterra Series Expansion, J. Audio Eng. Soc. 35 (1987)
6, p. 421.
Frank, W. et. al.: Lautsprecherlinearisierung in Echtzeit mit Hilfe
digitaler Vorentzerrung, 19. Tagung der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur
Akustik (DAGA '93), in Proc. Fortschritte der Akustik (1993).
Klippel, W.: The Mirror filter--a New Basis for Reducing Nonlinear
Distortion Reduction and Equalizing Response in Woofer Systems, J. Audio
Eng. Soc. 32 (9), pp. 675-691, (1992).
Mathews, V. J.: Adaptive Polynomial Filters, IEEE Signal Processing
Magazine, pp. 10-26, July (1991).
Palmieri F. et. al.: A class of nonlinear adaptive filters, ICASSP 88: 1988
International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (Cat.
No. 88CH2561-9) 1988, pp. 1483-6 vol. 3.
Gao, F. X. Y.: Adaptive Linearization of a Loudspeaker, presented at the
93rd Convention of Audio Engineering Society, Oct. 1-4, 1992 San
Francisco, Preprint 3377.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an arrangement for converting an electric signal
into an acoustic or a mechanic signal comprising a transducer, a linear or
nonlinear filter with controllable parameters, a sensor for sensing an
electric, a mechanic or an acoustic signal at the transducer and a
controller. The filter is adaplively adjusted to the transducer to
compensate for linear or nonlinear distortions of the transducer on-line
and to realize a desired overall transfer characteristic of the
arrangement without pre-training.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Transducers converting an electric signal into a mechanic or an acoustic
signal, such as loudspeakers, headphones and actuators, produce
substantial linear and nonlinear distortions in the output signal. These
distortions affect the quality of sound reproduction systems or impair the
efficiency of active attenuation systems in professional applications.
An electric filter connected to the input terminals of the transducer can
compensate for these distortions if the filter shows the inverse transfer
characteristic of the transducer.
The linear distortions of the transducer can be corrected by
straightforward linear filters (e.g. FIR-filter, IIR-filter). Nonlinear
filters for compensating for nonlinearities in the transducer were
developed by two different approaches:
1. In a generic approach based on nonlinear system theory the relationship
between the electric input and the acoustic or mechanic output signal is
described by higher-order system functions using the VOLTERRA-series
expansion as described in Schertzen, M.: The Volterra and Wiener Theories
of Nonlinear Systems, New York: Wiley, 1980. The system functions of the
transducer are inverted and implemented in polynomial filters as described
by Koh, T. and Powers, E. J.: Second-order Volterra filtering and its
application to nonlinear system identification, IEEE Trans. Acoust. Speech
Signal Process. Vol. ASSP-33 No. 6 December 1985, pp. 1445-55. This
technique was applied to the distortion reduction in loudspeakers by
Kaizer, A. J.: Modeling of the Nonlinear Response of an Electrodynamic
Loudspeaker by a Volterra Series Expansion. J. Audio Eng. Soc. 35 (1987)
6, p. 421 and by Frank, W. et. al.: Lautsprecherlinearisierung in Echtzeit
mit Hilfe digitaler Vorentzerrung, 19. Tagung der Deutschen
Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Akustik (DAGA '93), in Proc. Fortschritte der
Akustik. The system functions can be derived from the transducer model,
e.g. lumped-parameter model, or can be measured directly. The generic
filter design is advantageous to compensate for nonlinearities with a
complex structure which can not be modeled completely, e.g. the partial
vibration of the cone.
2. The alternative approach is based on a complete modeling of the
nonlinear mechanisms in the transducer. A special transducer oriented
filter structure can be derived from the nonlinear differential equation
as described by Klippel, W.: The Mirror filter--a New Basis for Reducing
Nonlinear Distortion Reduction and Equalizing Response in Woofer Systems,
J. Audio Eng. Soc. 32 (9), S. 675-691, (1992). This filter comprises a
minimum of linear and nonlinear subsystems and is directly related to the
physical mechanisms in the transducer. It can be implemented in digital
signal processors at low costs and is not restricted to low-order
distortion reduction as the polynomial filter based on a truncated
VOLTERRA-series expansion.
The free parameters of the correction filter have to be adjusted to the
particular transducer to achieve the optimal distortion reduction. There
are two different strategies for adjusting the correction filter:
A. In the first strategy the transducer is disconnected from the correction
filter and the transducer parameters are measured directly or are
determined by system identification techniques. In a second step the
filter parameters are calculated from the transducer parameters and
implemented in the filter. The filter is then coupled to the transducer
and the parameters are not changed for the duration of the operation.
However, errors during the parameter measurement and changes of the
parameters over time will cause a maladjustment of the filter and impaired
distortion reduction.
B. Alternatively, the transducer is connected with the filter during
adjustment and the transfer characteristic of the total system is measured
and the filter parameter are adjusted to obtain the desired overall
response.
An automatic adjustment system based on the second strategy is disclosed in
the co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/867,314 filed April
1992 by W. Klippel entitled CORRECTION OF LINEAR TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS
AND REDUCTION OF NONLINEAR DISTORTION FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS.
During learning the filter is disconnected from the audio input and is
connected to a signal generator supplying a two-tone signal. An acoustic
signal at the loudspeaker is sensed by a microphone and supplied to a
controller to determine the optimal filter parameters. At the end of the
filter adjustment the parameters are stored and the filter input is
reconnected to the audio input. This adjustment system requires a special
learning routine and is not activated in the normal working mode
reproducing an audio signal. Alteration of the transducer parameters due
to heat, ageing and fatigue can not be compensated for automatically.
A permanent adjustment of the correction filter requires adaptive nonlinear
filters. The straightforward adaptive filters proposed by Mathews, V. J.:
Adaptive Polynomial Filters, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, July 1991,
p. 10-26, and Palmieri, F. et. al.: A class of nonlinear adaptive filters,
ICASSP 88: 1988 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal
Processing (Cat. No. 88CH2561-9) 1988 pp. 1483-6 vol. 3 can not be applied
to the adjustment strategy B where the filter output is connected to the
transducer input. The used algorithms for updating the filter parameters
requires that the filter input is connected to the output of the
transducer-sensor-system. An error signal is generated by comparing the
filter output signal with a desired signal generated by a linear reference
filter and is provided for updating the adaptive filter. This arrangement
allows to correct the total system response but the reproduced sound
signal at the output of the transducer and at the input of the adaptive
filter remains distorted. The adjusted filter with frozen parameters can
only be connected to the input of the transducer if both linear and
nonlinear distortions are corrected completely and the total system shows
the transfer response H.sub.total (s)=1. However, it is not practicable to
equalize the linear response of a loudspeaker system below the cut-off
frequency.
A solution for this problem was found by Gao, F. X. Y.: Adaptive
Linearization of a Loudspeaker, presented at the 93rd Convention of Audio
Engineering Society, Oct. 1-4, 1992 San Francisco, Preprint 3377 using two
polynomial filters. One polynomial filter (model filter) is adaptive and
is connected in parallel to the transducer. It is used for the
identification of the loudspeaker's kernel functions. The second
polynomial filter (correction filter) is connected to the loudspeaker's
input and performs the preprocessing of the electric transducer signal.
This filter is not adaptive and the coefficients are permanently copied
from the model filter into the correction filter. However, an additional
polynomial filter increases the number elements and the costs of the
distortion reduction circuit. In many practical applications two
polynomial filters with the required frequency resolution can not be
implemented in available DSP-systems in real time processing.
Adaptive filters based on transducer oriented filter structure are not
disclosed in prior art.
SUMMARY
Thus there is a need for a truly adaptive correction filter to reduce the
nonlinear and/or linear distortions of the transducer and produce a
desired linear transfer characteristic of the overall system.
The main purpose of the invention is to adjust a correction filter to the
transducer and to determine the optimal filter parameters in tile normal
operation mode reproducing an audio or other signals. This invention omits
off-line pre-training using special test signals (e.g. multi-tone-signals,
noise) in an additional learning procedure.
A second purpose is to develop an adaptive correction filter with a
transducer oriented structure to reduce the number of elements and filter
parameters.
Another purpose is to realize a correction filter for transducers which
adapts on-line for changing transducer characteristics caused by
temperature, ageing and so on. The correction filter is always optimally
adjusted and the total system shows the desired performance after a long
operation time.
A final purpose is to provide a correction system for transducers
comprising a minimum of elements to implement this system in a digital
signal processor (DSP) at low costs.
These objections are reached by using a correction system which comprises a
nonlinear correction filter, a sensing circuit anti a controller.
The correction filter is based either on generic nonlinear system
structures (e.g. polynomial filters) or on transducer oriented structures
(e.g. mirror filter). The output of the filter is connected with the input
of the transducer. The parameters of the correction filter are controlled
by external control signals supplied to the control inputs of the filter.
Internal signals in the correction filter, called gradient signals, are
supplied via additional outputs of the filter to the controller to update
the filter parameters.
In the sensing circuit an electric or a mechanic or an acoustic signal at
the transducer is measured, is compared with the response of a desired
system and an error signal is provided for the controller.
The controller performs the updating of the filter parameters by minimizing
the rms-value of the error signal. The controller provides control signals
to the correction filter which are generated from the error signal and the
gradient signals. The controller contains an error filter and/or gradient
filters which perform a filtering of the error signal and gradient
signals, respectively, to compensate for the linear transfer
characteristic of the transducer-sensor-system. The response of either the
gradient or the error filter is identified by an additional adaptive
filter to compensate for changes in transducer parameters on-line.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a general block diagram of the invention.
FIG. 2 shows a sub-controller for the adaptive adjustment of one filter
parameter.
FIG. 3 shows a second-order polynomial filter with additional outputs for
the gradient signals and additional inputs for controlling the filter
parameters.
FIG. 4 is a transducer oriented filter (mirror filter) with outputs for the
gradient signals and inputs for controlling the filter parameters.
FIG. 5 shows the adaptive adjustment of the error filter.
FIG. 6 shows the adaptive adjustment of the gradient filter.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
FIG. 1 shows the general block diagram of the adaptive correction circuit
according to the present invention. The correction filter 1 is connected
with its output 2 to the electric input 3 of the transducer 11. The sensor
12, the summer 17 and the linear reference filter 20 form the sensing
circuit. The general input 18, supplying a signal u(t), e.g. an audio
signal, is connected with the input 19 of the reference filter 20 which
shows the desired transfer characteristic of the overall system. The
output 21, which supplies a desired signal d(t), is connected with the
non-inverting input 16 of the summer 17. The output 13 of the sensor 12,
which senses an acoustic or a mechanic or an electric signal p(t) of the
transducer 11, is connected with the inverting input 15 of the summer 22.
The error signal e(t) at the output 22 with
e(t)=d(t)-p(t) (1)
is supplied to the input 23 of the controller 24. The controller comprises
a circuit 25 and for every filter parameter P.sub.i (i=1, . . . , N) a
corresponding sub-controller represented in FIG. 1 for N=3 by
sub-controllers 26, 27, 28. The error signal e(t) is supplied via the
circuit 25 to the inputs 31, 30, 29 of the sub-controllers 26, 27, 28.
Every sub-controller 26, 27 or 28 has an output 37, 36, 35, which is
connected to the corresponding input 8, 9, 10 of the correction filter 1
to adjust the filter parameters P.sub.i (i=1, . . . , N), respectively.
The correction filter 1 has additional outputs 5, 6, 7 to supply the
gradient signals b.sub.i (t) (i=1, . . . , N) to the corresponding inputs
34, 33, 32 of the sub-controllers 26, 27, 28.
FIG. 2 shows the basic structure of the correction filter 1, a model of the
transducer-sensor-system 14 and the elements of one sub-controller 28 in
more details.
The correction filter 1 comprises for every filter parameter P.sub.i (i=1,
. . . , N) a linear or nonlinear sub-circuit and a multiplier or an
amplifier with controllable gain. FIG. 2 shows only a sub-circuit 38 and a
amplifier 41 corresponding to one filter parameter P.sub.j for simplicity.
The filter part with the remaining filter parameters P.sub.i (i=1, . . . ,
N; i.noteq.j) are contained in the circuit 45 and have the same structure
as the depicted circuit for parameter P.sub.j. The filter input 4 is
connected to the input of the sub-circuit 38. The output of the
sub-circuit 38 is supplied via the amplifier 41 directly or via an
additional linear or nonlinear circuit 43 to the input 132 of an adder 44.
Assuming that the circuit 43 is linear or only weak nonlinear, the circuit
43 can be approximately described by the linear transfer function F.sub.j
(s). Using this assumption the correction filter can be modeled by a
linear combiner and the signal u.sub.L (t) at output 2 is the sum
##EQU1##
where b.sub.j (t) is the signal at the output of the sub-circuit 38,
f.sub.j (t)=L.sup.-1 {F.sub.j (s)} is the impulse response of the circuit
43 which corresponds via the inverse Laplace-transform L.sup.-1 with the
system function F.sub.j (s) and the notation * stands for the convolution
operator.
The polynomial filter fulfills this model with f.sub.i (t)=.delta.(t) (i=1,
. . . , N) completely. The used delta-function is defined by .delta.(t)=1
for t=0 and .delta.(t)=0 for t.noteq.0.
FIG. 3 shows for example a time-discrete second-order polynomial filter
with two delay elements 86, 87. The signal at the filter input 4 is
supplied directly and via the delay elements 86, 87, which are connected
in series, to the multipliers 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, which multiply
the signals at input 4 and output 88 and 89 in all possible combinations.
The linear signals at the input 4 and all the outputs 88, 89 and the
nonlinear signal at the outputs of the multiplier 98-103 are scaled by the
amplifier 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and summed by the adders 90,
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97. The linear and nonlinear signals at the input
of the amplifiers 59-67 are supplied as gradient signals via the outputs
77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 of the filter to the controller 24. The
gain of the amplifiers 59-67 is controlled by the inputs 68, 69, 70, 71,
72, 73, 74, 75, 76.
The transducer oriented filter (mirror filter) can either be transformed or
at least can be approximated by the basic structure depicted in FIG. 2 to
make the parameter adjustment adaptive. The mirror filter disclosed by W.
Klippel entitled CORRECTION OF LINEAR TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS AND
REDUCTION OF NONLINEAR DISTORTION FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS, U.S.
patent application Ser. No. 07/867,314 filed April 1992, has a
block-structure containing linear dynamic systems and static nonlinear
systems. To adjust the nonlinear parameters the static nonlinear blocks
can be realized by a series expansion (e.g. Taylor series) or any other
nonlinear structure using a linear combiner at the output (e.g. neural
networks). The linear blocks can be implemented as linear transversal
filter with unit delays (FIR-filter) or with general transfer functions
(GAMMA-filter) which provide the required linear combiner structure.
FIG. 4 shows a transducer oriented filter 104 to compensate for the
second-order nonlinear distortions caused by displacement varying
stiffness of the suspension and displacement varying force-factor
describing the electrodynamic drive. This filter also allows to correct
the linear transfer behavior by changing the cut-off frequency of the
total system as described in Klippel, W.: The Mirror filter--a New Basis
for Reducing Nonlinear Distortion Reduction and Equalizing Response in
Woofer Systems, J. Audio Eng. Soc. 32 (9), p. 675-691, (1992). This
correction circuit 104 contains only one linear filter 109. This filter
transforms the electric signal at input 4 to a signal which is equivalent
to the displacement x(t) of the voice coil. The output 110 of this filter
is connected to the static nonlinearities which are implemented in 104 by
multipliers and amplifiers based on a power-series-expansion truncated
after the linear term. Scaling the displacement signal by amplifier 105
and adding this signal to the input signal by summer 111 correspond with
the constant term in the Taylor-expansion of the stiffness nonlinearity.
This parameter allows to correct the constant stiffness of the transducer
virtually and effects the cut-off frequency of the total system. The
linear term of the stiffness nonlinearity is realized by squaring the
displacement signal x(t) by multiplier 112, scaling the squared signal by
amplifier 106 and adding this signal to the input signal by summer 113. A
control signal at input 120 allows to compensate for an asymmetric
stiffless characteristic of the transducer's suspension. The correction of
a linear dependence of force-factor on displacement--corresponding with an
asymmetric force-factor characteristic--is realized by connecting the
outputs of 109 and 113 with the inputs of the multiplier 114. The output
of the multiplier 114 is supplied via amplifier 107 to the adder 115 which
adds the correction signal to the electric driving signal.
All the signals at inputs of the amplifiers 105, 106, 107 are supplied via
the outputs 116, 117, 118, respectively, to the controller 24. The
controller updates the filter parameters and supplies an control signal
via the inputs 119, 120, 121 to the control inputs of the amplifiers 105,
106, 107, respectively. The output 2 of the filter 1 is connected to the
input 3 of the transducer 11.
The sensor 12 in FIG. 1 measures an acoustic, an electric or a mechanic
signal at the transducer 11. The transfer of the electric signal at the
transducer's terminals 3 to the sensed signal at output 13 of the sensor
12 is modeled in FIG. 2 by the parallel connection of a linear system 47
with the impulse response h.sub.L (t)=L.sup.-1 {H.sub.L (s)} and a
nonlinear system 48 which produces nonlinear distortions p.sub.D (t). The
signal at the output 13 of the sensor 12
p(t)=h.sub.L (t)*u.sub.L (t)+p.sub.D (t) (3)
is the sum of the input signal u.sub.L (t) convoluted with the impulse
response h.sub.L (t) and the nonlinear driver distortions p.sub.D (t).
The controller 24 contains for every filter parameter P.sub.i (i=1, . . . ,
N) a sub-controller. FIG. 2 shows only one sub-controller 28 corresponding
to parameter P.sub.j which comprises a multiplier 51, a circuit 53 with
the system function R.sub.j (s) and a circuit 57. The error signal e(t)
from the output 22 of the sensing circuit is supplied via the circuit 25
with the system function G(s) to the input 50 of the multiplier 51. The
gradient signal from the output 7 is supplied via the circuit 53 to the
other input 55 of the multiplier 51. The output 56 of the multiplier 51 is
connected via the circuit 57 to the control input 40 of the controllable
amplifier 41. The circuit 57 performs the updating of the filter
parameters with a suitable adaptive algorithm, e.g. method of steepest
descent, least-mean-square (LMS) or recursive-least-squares (RLS). The
LMS-algorithm can easily be implemented and requires for the circuit 57
only an integrator or low-pass. To improve the performance of the adaptive
algorithm the circuit 57 can show some nonlinear characteristic. If the
amplitude of the error signal e(t) is large due to a missing signal p(t)
at the output 13 of the sensor the adjustment can be interrupted and the
correction filter works with stored parameters.
The circuits 25 and 53 with the system response G(s) and R.sub.j (s),
respectively, have to correspond with the transfer characteristics of the
filter 1 and the transducer-sensor-system 14 to insure a fast and stable
convergence of the filter parameters. The requirements of the system
responses G(s) and R.sub.i (s) shall be derived in the following:
Inserting Eqs. (2) and (3) into (1) leads to the error signal
##EQU2##
which is now a function of the unknown filter parameters P.sub.i.
Defining a cost function
J(t)=›g(t)*e(t)!.sup.2 (5)
as the squared value of the error convoluted with the impulse response
g(t)=L.sup.-1 {G(s)} of the system 25 the minimum of the cost function can
be determined by the partial differentiation of Eq. (5)
##EQU3##
This gradient is important for updating the filter parameter in an
iterative process. The averaged gradient leads to the method of steepest
descent
##EQU4##
with the positive convergence parameter .mu. and the expectation value E›
!. In many practical applications it is advantageous to omit the averaging
of the gradient and use the more simpler least mean square (LMS) algorithm
which requires only an integrator in 57.
Eq. (6) specifies the further elements in controller 24 shown in FIG. 2.
The multiplication
##EQU5##
(operator x) is realized by the multiplier 50. The impulse response
r.sub.i (t)
r.sub.i (t)=f.sub.i (t)*h.sub.L (t)*g(t) (9)
and the Laplace transformed system function
R.sub.i (s)=F.sub.i (s)H.sub.L (s)G(s) (10)
is required for all circuits in the gradient path represented in FIG. 2 by
circuit 53.
If the circuit 43 and all the other corresponding circuits contained in 45
have the system function F.sub.i (s)=1 for all i=1, . . . , N, then the
circuit 53 in 28 and the corresponding circuits in the other
sub-controllers have the same system function
R.sub.i (s)=H.sub.L (s)G(s) (11)
Eqs. (11) and (10) show the relationship between the system functions G(s)
and R.sub.i (s). There is one degree of freedom in defining the system
functions G(s) and R.sub.i (s). From practical point of view it is useful
to make either G(s) or R.sub.i (s) as simple as possible to realize
circuit 25 or circuit 53 by a delay element or by a direct connection. The
other circuit 53 and 25, respectively, can be realized by a linear
adaptive filter to compensate for changes of the transducer parameters
on-line.
In the first embodiment all circuits in the gradient signal path,
represented in FIG. 2 by circuit 53, are realized by delay elements with
the system function
R.sub.i (s)=e.sup.-.tau.s. (12)
The delay time .tau. is required to ensure that the transfer element 25
with the system function
##EQU6##
is causal and can be realized by a linear filter, called error filter.
FIG. 5 shows the adaptive adjustment of the linear filter 25 by inverse
system identification using a model filter 122. The linear filters 25 and
122 have the same feed-forward (FIR) or recursive structure (IIR) to model
the transducer in the interesting frequency range. Only the filter 122 is
adaptive using an straightforward algorithm (e.g. LMS). The electric input
3 of the transducer is connected via a delay-element 131, which has the
same time delay as 53, with the non-inverting input 129 of the summer 127.
The output 13 of the sensor 12 is connected via the linear adaptive filter
122 with the inverting input 128 of the summer 127. The error signal at
the output 130 of the summer 127 are fed back to the error input 126 of
the adaptive filter 122. The parameters of the model filter 122 are
permanently copied to the filter 25 by using the connections 123.
The case G(s)=1 leads to another important embodiment as shown in FIG. 6
which requires only a direct connection from the output 22 of the summer
17 to the input 50 of the multiplier 51. Every gradient path contains a
linear gradient filter, represented in FIG. 6 by filter 53, with the
system response
R.sub.i (s)=F.sub.i (s)H.sub.L (s). (14)
If the F.sub.i (s)=1 for all i=1, . . . , N the gradient filters in all
sub-controllers 26, 27, 28, . . . have the system function H.sub.L (s) of
the transducer-sensor-system. This system function is identified by an
additional linear adaptive filter 132 and copied to all gradient filters
represented in FIG. 6 by filter 53. The adaptive filter 132 has an
additional error input 139 to supply the error signal which is required
for the used updating algorithm (e.g. LMS-algorithm). The electric input 3
of the transducer 11 is connected to the input 136 of the adaptive linear
filter 132 and the output 137 is combined to the non-inverting input 134
of the summer 133. The other inverting input 135 of the summer 133 is
connected to the output 13 of the sensor 12. The output 140 of the summer
133 which supplies a second error signal is connected to the error input
139 of the adaptive filter 132. The parameters of the model filter 132 are
permanently copied to the filter 53 by using the connections 138.
The above description shall not be construed as limiting the ways in which
this invention may be practiced but shall be inclusive of many other
variations that do not depart from the broad interest and intent of the
invention.
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