Determining the Source Location of Gunshots From Digital Recordings

Calhoun R, Lamkin S. Determining the Source Location of Gunshots From Digital Recordings. In: AES Convention 153. Audio Engineering Society; 2022. Paper 18. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21898

@inproceedings{Calhoun2022_21898,
  author = {Calhoun, Robert and Lamkin, Scott},
  title = {{Determining the Source Location of Gunshots From Digital Recordings}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 153},
  note = {Paper 18},
  year = {2022},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21898}
}

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T2  - AES Convention 153
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PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
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AB  - Digital recordings, in the form of photographs, audio, or video play an important evidentiary role in the criminal justice system. One type of audio recording that experts in acoustic forensics may encounter are those produced by the ShotSpotter Respond gunshot location system. This technical note introduces open-source software for extracting the location and timing metadata stored in these recordings and for performing acoustic multilateration on a set of time differences of arrival determined from ShotSpotter WAV files or any other digital audio file for which sufficiently accurate timing and location metadata are available. The process of determining the source location of a gunshot from three or more digital recordings is further explained via a set of worked examples, including a simple single-shot incident and an incident in which seven shots were fired from a moving vehicle.
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