Beamforming using two rigid circular loudspeaker arrays: Numerical simulations and experiments

Ren Y, Haneda Y. Beamforming using two rigid circular loudspeaker arrays: Numerical simulations and experiments. In: AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020). Audio Engineering Society; 2020. Paper 10450. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21127

@inproceedings{Ren2020_21127,
  author = {Ren, Yi and Haneda, Yoichi},
  title = {{Beamforming using two rigid circular loudspeaker arrays: Numerical simulations and experiments}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020)},
  note = {Paper 10450},
  year = {2020},
  month = aug,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21127}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Beamforming using two rigid circular loudspeaker arrays: Numerical simulations and experiments
AU  - Ren, Yi
AU  - Haneda, Yoichi
T2  - AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020)
M1  - Paper 10450
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21127
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Beamforming is an important technique in studies involving loudspeaker arrays, and conventional beamforming studies use linear, circular, and spherical arrays. In a previous study, the present authors introduced a model involving two circular loudspeaker arrays to reproduce focused sources; the two arrays have rigid baffles, and their multiple scattering offers better performance. The present paper reports on investigations into implementing beamforming with this array model, the performance of which is evaluated using a minimum-variance distortionless-response beamformer. Numerical simulations show that the proposed method outperforms a single circular array at lower frequencies, and the numerical results agree with those from experiments conducted in an anechoic chamber.
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