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3-D Sound Source Localization using Energy-Based Region Selection and TDOA

에너지 기반 영역 선택과 TDOA에 의한 3차원 음원 위치 추정

  • Yiwere, Mariam (Department of Computer Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Rhee, Eun Joo (Department of Computer Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • Received : 2016.12.29
  • Accepted : 2017.01.10
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

This paper proposes a method for 3-D sound source localization (SSL) using region selection and TDOA. 3-D SSL involves the estimation of an azimuth angle and an elevation angle. With the aim of reducing the computation time, we compare signal energies to select one out of three regions. In the selected region, we compute only one TDOA value for the azimuth angle estimation. Also, to estimate the vertical angle, we choose the higher energy signal from the selected region and pair it up with the elevated microphone's signal for TDOA computation and elevation angle estimation. Our experimental results show that the proposed method achieves average error values of $0.778^{\circ}$ in azimuth and $1.296^{\circ}$ in elevation, which is similar to other methods. The method uses one energy comparison and two TDOA computations therefore, the total processing time is reduced.

본 논문에서는 에너지 기반 영역 선택과 TDOA에 의해 3차원에서 음원의 방위와 높이를 계산하여 음원 위치를 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 본 연구의 목적은 음원 위치 추정에서 계산시간 감축으로, 수평면 3개 신호의 에너지 비교에 의한 영역 선택과 선택된 영역의 TDOA에 의해 방위각을 계산하고, 또 높이 계산을 위한 마이크로폰 신호와 가장 큰 에너지를 갖는 평면 신호와의 TDOA로 높이각을 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법에 대한 음원 추정실험 결과 수평 방위각 추정에서 평균 $0.778^{\circ}$, 높이각 추정에서 $1.296^{\circ}$의 오류를 보여 기존의 방법과 정확도에서 유사하고, 추정은 1회 신호 에너지 비교와 2회의 TDOA계산으로 가능하여 처리 시간이 단축된다.

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