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A Real-Time Sound Source Localization and Enhancement System Using Distributed Microphones

Authors: Marti, Amparo; Cobos, Maximo; Lopez, Jose J.

AES Convention 130 · Paper 8329 · May 2011

Abstract

The Steered Response Power - Phase Transform (SRP-PHAT) algorithm has been shown to be one of the most robust sound source localization approaches operating in noisy and reverberant environments. A recently proposed modified SRP-PHAT algorithm has been shown to provide robust localization performance in indoor environments without the need for having a very fine spatial grid, thus reducing the computational cost required in a practical implementation. Sound source localization methods are commonly employed in many sound processing applications. In our case, we use the modified SRP-PHAT functional for improving noisy speech signals. The estimated position of the speaker is used to calculate the time-delay for each microphone and then the speech is enhanced by aligning correctly the microphone signals.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 130
AES Convention
130
Paper number
8329
Publication date
May 6, 2011
Session subject
Posters: Soundfield Analysis
Affiliation
Universidad Politecnica Valencia, Valencia, Spain (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper