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Presentation 2011-11-18 15:15
Sound source distance estimation based on DOA of reflected sounds
Satoshi Esaki (Nagoay Univ.), Kenta Niwa (NTT), Takanori Nishino (Mie Univ.), Norihide Kitaoka, Kazuya Takeda (Nagoay Univ.) EA2011-85
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(in English) A method for estimating the distance between a source and receiver using a small-size microphone array is proposed. The proposed method uses the spatial distribution pattern of virtual sources obtained by the frequency-domain independent component analysis (FDICA) as the cue for distance estimation. The virtual sources are calculated by applying FDICA to array signals with very high redundancy, for example, 60 microphone signals for a pair of sources; therefore, signal components associated with reflection signals are obtained even though they are correlated with the direct signal. Experimental evaluation using a small-size microphone array with a large number of elements confirms that the average estimation error of the proposed method is 0.33 m. The proposed method could discriminate nearer/further sources with better than $80\%$ accuracy when the power of far source is not much higher than that of near source.
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(in English) Sound source distance / Direction of arrival / Virtual source / Frequency-domain independent component analysis / Selective listening point audio / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 111, no. 306, EA2011-85, pp. 19-24, Nov. 2011.
Paper # EA2011-85 
Date of Issue 2011-11-11 (EA) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Date 2011-11-18 - 2011-11-19 
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Place (in English) Kumamoto Univ. 
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Conference Code 2011-11-EA 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Sound source distance estimation based on DOA of reflected sounds 
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Keyword(1) Sound source distance  
Keyword(2) Direction of arrival  
Keyword(3) Virtual source  
Keyword(4) Frequency-domain independent component analysis  
Keyword(5) Selective listening point audio  
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1st Author's Name Satoshi Esaki  
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoay Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Kenta Niwa  
2nd Author's Affiliation Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
3rd Author's Name Takanori Nishino  
3rd Author's Affiliation Mie University (Mie Univ.)
4th Author's Name Norihide Kitaoka  
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoay Univ.)
5th Author's Name Kazuya Takeda  
5th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoay Univ.)
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Date Time 2011-11-18 15:15:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for EA 
Paper # EA2011-85 
Volume (vol) vol.111 
Number (no) no.306 
Page pp.19-24 
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Date of Issue 2011-11-11 (EA) 


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