ECHO CANCELLING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND ECHO CANCELLING METHOD HAVING THE ERROR SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT

Provided is an echo canceller capable of realizing an excellent echo cancellation performance even in a double talk state. An echo canceller (10) comprises: an adaptive filter (20); a subtractor (30); and an error signal generating circuit (40). The adaptive filter (20) synthesizes a spurious echo signal (y′(k)) from a receiving signal (x(k)) before being delivered from a speaker (3). The subtractor (30) subtracts the spurious echo signal (y′(k)) from an input signal (yin(k)) received by a microphone (2) so as to generate an echo cancellation signal (p(k)) The error signal generating circuit (40) generates an error signal (s(k−1)) by removing a spurious voice signal (r(k−1)) corresponding to a voice signal (v(k)) of a talker from the echo cancellation signal (p(k)). The adaptive filter (20) updates a characteristic of the adaptive filter (20) so that an amplitude of the error signal (s(k−1)) becomes smaller.