A learning-based approach to direction of arrival estimation in noisy and reverberant environments

X Xiao, S Zhao, X Zhong, DL Jones… - … on acoustics, speech …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a learning-based approach to the task of direction of arrival estimation
(DOA) from microphone array input. Traditional signal processing methods such as the …

The LOCATA challenge: Acoustic source localization and tracking

C Evers, HW Löllmann, H Mellmann… - … on Audio, Speech …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to localize and track acoustic events is a fundamental prerequisite for equipping
machines with the ability to be aware of and engage with humans in their surrounding …

Real-time multiple sound source localization and counting using a circular microphone array

D Pavlidi, A Griffin, M Puigt… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a multiple sound source localization and counting method is presented, that
imposes relaxed sparsity constraints on the source signals. A uniform circular microphone …

Multichannel signal enhancement algorithms for assisted listening devices: Exploiting spatial diversity using multiple microphones

S Doclo, W Kellermann, S Makino… - IEEE Signal …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In everyday environments, we are frequently immersed by unwanted acoustic noise and
interference while we want to listen to acoustic signals, most often speech. Technology for …

The LOCATA challenge data corpus for acoustic source localization and tracking

HW Löllmann, C Evers, A Schmidt… - 2018 IEEE 10th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Algorithms for acoustic source localization and tracking are essential for a wide range of
applications such as personal assistants, smart homes, tele-conferencing systems, hearing …

Time difference of arrival estimation based on a Kronecker product decomposition

X Wang, G Huang, J Benesty, J Chen… - IEEE Signal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time difference of arrival (TDOA) estimation, which often serves as the fundamental step for
a source localization or a beamforming system, has a significant practical importance in a …

Sound source localization and isolation apparatuses, methods and systems

A Alexandridis, A Griffin, A Mouchtaris - US Patent 9,549,253, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A processor-implemented method for spatial Sound local ization and
isolation is described. The method includes segmenting, via a processor, each of a plurality …

Exploiting CNNs for improving acoustic source localization in noisy and reverberant conditions

D Salvati, C Drioli, GL Foresti - IEEE Transactions on Emerging …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the application of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to minimum
variance distortionless response localization schemes. We investigate the direction of arrival …

Variational bayesian inference for audio-visual tracking of multiple speakers

Y Ban, X Alameda-Pineda, L Girin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we address the problem of tracking multiple speakers via the fusion of visual
and auditory information. We propose to exploit the complementary nature and roles of …

Over-determined source separation and localization using distributed microphones

L Wang, JD Reiss, A Cavallaro - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an overdetermined source separation and localization method for a set of M
microphones distributed around an unknown number, N<; M, of sources. We reformulate the …