Evaluation of a MUSIC-based real-time sound localization of multiple sound sources in real noisy environments

CT Ishi, O Chatot, H Ishiguro… - 2009 IEEE/RSJ …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the goal of improving human-robot speech communication, the localization of multiple
sound sources in the 3D-space based on the MUSIC algorithm was implemented and …

Enhanced robot speech recognition using biomimetic binaural sound source localization

J Dávila-Chacón, J Liu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by the behavior of humans talking in noisy environments, we propose an embodied
embedded cognition approach to improve automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems for …

Ego noise suppression of a robot using template subtraction

G Ince, K Nakadai, T Rodemann… - 2009 IEEE/RSJ …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While a robot is moving, the joints inevitably generate noise due to its motors, ie ego-motion
noise. This problem is very crucial, especially in humanoid robots, because it tends to have …

Using binaural and spectral cues for azimuth and elevation localization

T Rodemann, G Ince, F Joublin… - 2008 IEEE/RSJ …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is a common assumption that with just two microphones only the azimuth angle of a sound
source can be estimated and that a third, orthogonal microphone (or set of microphones) is …

Active binaural localization of multiple sound sources

X Zhong, L Sun, W Yost - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2016 - Elsevier
Sound source localization serves as a significant capability of autonomous robots that
conduct missions such as search and rescue, and target tracking in challenging …

Using multiple microphone arrays and reflections for 3D localization of sound sources

CT Ishi, J Even, N Hagita - 2013 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We proposed a method for estimating sound source locations in a 3D space by integrating
sound directions estimated by multiple microphone arrays and taking advantage of reflection …

A biologically inspired spiking neural network model of the auditory midbrain for sound source localisation

J Liu, D Perez-Gonzalez, A Rees, H Erwin, S Wermter - Neurocomputing, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a spiking neural network (SNN) of the mammalian subcortical auditory
pathway to achieve binaural sound source localisation. The network is inspired by …

Ego-motion noise suppression for robots based on semi-blind infinite non-negative matrix factorization

T Tezuka, T Yoshida, K Nakadai - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses ego-motion noise suppression for a robot. Many methods use motion
information such as position, velocity and acceleration of each joint to infer ego-motion …

Towards a systematic study of binaural cues

K Youssef, S Argentieri… - 2012 IEEE/RSJ …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sound source localization is a need for robotic systems interacting with acoustically-active
environments. In this domain, numerous binaural localization studies have been conducted …

Sound source localization and separation

K Nakadai, K Nakamura - Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents common methods for sound source localization and separation, and
their applications to robots. Sound source localization is an estimate of the location or …