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Journal Article

A Microphone Array for Multimedia Workstations

Authors: Mahieux, Yannick; Le Tourneur, Grégoire; Saliou, Alain

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 44 · Issue 5 · pp. 365–372 · May 1996

Abstract

A microphone array devoted to multimedia workstations is presented. This array, which was designed according to basic beam-forming principles, is made of subarrays, each characterized by a specific intersensor spacing. It is shown that accurate control of the directivity can be achieved over a given range of frequencies by combining these subarrays in a proper way. The measurement of its acoustic behavior and its use in real multimedia applications have shown that in spite of its low cost, this array yields a great improvement in speech quality when compared to a single microphone.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
44
Issue
5
Pages
365–372
Publication date
May 6, 1996
Affiliation
Centre National d'Etudes des Tdldcommunications, Lannion Cedex, France (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article