• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.80.2-80
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• 2002

The problem of sound source localization is to determine the position of sound sources using the measurement of the acoustic signals received by microphones. To develop a good sound source localization system which is applicable to a mobile platform such as robots, a time delay estimator with low computational complexity and robustness to background noise or reverberations is necessary. In this paper, an explicit adaptive time delay estimation method for a sound source localization system is proposed. Proposed explicit adaptive time estimation algorithm employs direct adaptation of the delay parameter using a transform-based optimization technique, rather than...

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1185-1192
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• 2015

In this paper, a study of advanced sound source localization is conducted by eliminating the noise of the sound source using the discrete wavelet transform. And experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed system that the mobile robot follows sound source stably. In addition, we compare the position estimation performance by applying a discrete wavelet transform to improve the reliability of the sound signal. The experimental results reveal that the de-nosing filter which removes the noise component in sound source can make the performance of position estimation more precisely and help the mobile robot distinguish the objective sound source clearly.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.751-755
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• 2005

We propose a sound source localization method using the Head-Related-Transfer-Function (HRTF) to be implemented in a robot platform. In conventional localization methods, the location of a sound source is estimated from the time delays of wave fronts arriving in each microphone standing in an array formation in free-field. In case of a human head this corresponds to Interaural-Time-Delay (ITD) which is simply the time delay of incoming sound waves between the two ears. Although ITD is an excellent sound cue in stimulating a lateral perception on the horizontal plane, confusion is often raised when tracking the sound location from ITD alone because each sound source and its mirror image about the interaural axis share the same ITD. On the other hand, HRTFs associated with a dummy head microphone system or a robot platform with several microphones contain not only the information regarding proper time delays but also phase and magnitude distortions due to diffraction and scattering by the shading object such as the head and body of the platform. As a result, a set of HRTFs for any given platform provides a substantial amount of information as to the whereabouts of the source once proper analysis can be performed. In this study, we introduce new phase and magnitude criteria to be satisfied by a set of output signals from the microphones in order to find the sound source location in accordance with the HRTF database empirically obtained in an anechoic chamber with the given platform. The suggested method is verified through an experiment in a household environment and compared against the conventional method in performance.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.323-332
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• 2004

음상정위를 제어하는 한 방법으로 음원으로부터 모의하고자 하는 두 귀까지의 머리전달함수 (HRTF)를 모의하는 방법이 유효하다. 그러나, 이 방법을 이용한 경우, 모의계를 설계할 때의 수음점과 청취시의 수음점이 완전하게 일치하는 경우에는 정밀한 모의가 가능하나, 청취시에 머리가 이동한 경우에는 모의정도가 크게 저하하는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해, 본 논문에서는 외이도의 입구뿐만 아니라 그 근방의 복수개의 점의 음압을 제어하는 것에 의해 머리가 다소 이동하더라도 제어가 가능하도록 한 모의계의 구성 방법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 이 방법을 이용해 머리전달함수를 모의한 경우에 대하여 물리적인 모의정도와 청감상의 음상정위의 정확도에 대하여 종래의 방법과 비교하여 실험했다. 그 결과 복수개의 점에 있어서의 온압을 제어하는 것에 의해 청취위치가 6 cm 정도까지 이동한 경우에도 수평면상에서 방향의 지각 오차를 종래의 방법보다 적게 할 수 있다는 것을 인간을 대상으로 한 청취실험을 통해 증명했다.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.961-963
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• 2012

The sound source localization system is used to some area such as robotic system, object localization system, guarding system and medicine. So time delay estimation and angle estimation of sound direction are studied until now. These days time delay estimation is described in LabVIEW which is used to create innovative computer-based product and deploy measurement and control systems. In this paper, the development of signal monitoring platform is presented for sound source localization. This platform is designed in virtual instrument program and implemented in two stages. In first stage, data acquisition system is proposed and designed to analyze time delay estimation using cross correlation. In second stage, data obtaining system which is applied and designed to monitor analog signal processing is proposed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.415-419
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• 2010

A variety of methods for sound source localization have been developed and applied to several applications such as noise detection system, surveillance system, teleconference system, robot auditory system and so on. In the previous work, we proposed the sound source localization using the spatially mapped GCC functions based on TDOA for robot auditory system. Performance of the proposed one for the noise effect and estimation resolution was verified with the real environmental experiment under the single source assumption. However, since multi-talker case is general in human-robot interaction, multiple source localization approaches are necessary. In this paper, the proposed localization method under the single source assumption is modified to be suitable for multiple source localization. When there are two sources which are correlated, the spatially mapped GCC function for localization has three peaks at the real source locations and imaginary source location. However if two sources are uncorrelated, that has only two peaks at the real source positions. Using these characteristics, we modify the proposed localization method for the multiple source cases. Experiments with human speeches in the real environment are carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed method for multiple source localization. In the experiments, mean value of estimation error is about $1.4^{\circ}$ and percentage of multiple source localization is about 62% on average.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.415-416
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• 2007

HRTF DB, including the information of the sounds which is arrived to our ears, is generally used to make a 3D sound. But it can decline some three-dimensional effects by the confusion between front and back directions due to the non-individual HRTF depending on each listener. In this paper, we propose a new method to use psychoacoustic theory that reduces the confusion of sound image localization. And we make use of an excitation energy by the sense of hearing. This method is brought HRTF spectrum characteristics into relief to draw out the energy ratio about the bark band and control low frequency band. Informal listening tests show that the proposed method improves the front-back sound localization characteristics much better than the conventional methods.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.676-681
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• 2013

For underwater vehicles, the use of sensors such as cameras and laser scanners is limited by the difference in environment compared to robots designed to work on dry land. In underwater environments, if use is made of sound signals, valuable information can be obtained. The most important application is the localization of underwater sound sources. The estimated location of a sound source can be used to control underwater robots or submarines. Thus, the purpose of this research is to estimate the source's direction and location in a noisy underwater environment. The direction of the sound source is obtained using two hydrophones. Furthermore, if we assume that the robot or sound source is moving, the location of the sound source is estimated using more than two estimated directions. The feasibility of the developed algorithm is examined by experiments in a water tank and in the ocean.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2004

본 연구는 3차원 공간상에 있어서의 음상정위를 제어하기 위한 디지털 신호처리 기술, 특히, 음상의 거리정위에 있어서의 머리전달함수 (HRTF)의 역할에 착안한 신호처리 기술을 확립하기 위한 것을 목적으로 한다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 청각에 있어서의 거리 지각을 제어하기 위한 중요한 요소를 밝혀내기 위해 기존의 Hirsch-Tahara 모델과 음향적 시차 모델에 대해서 청각 실험을 행했다. 그 결과 이 두 모델에 있어서는 음상의 거리지각을 설명하기에는 한계와 전 방향에 있어서는 적용할 수 없는 문제점이 있었다. 이러한 문제점들을 고려해 본 논문에서는 음향적 시차 모델을 전 방향에 있어서 적용 가능하도록 확장된 음향적 시차 모델을 제안해 그 유효성에 대해 청취 실험을 통해 고찰했다. 그 결과, 본 논문에서 제안한 확장된 음향적 시차 모델을 이용하면 수평면 상의 전 방향에 있어서 약 2m 까지의 범위 내에서는 실제 음원에서 지각할수 있는 거리와 거의 같은 수준으로 음상의 거리를 제어함으로써 본 모델의 유효성을 인간을 대상으로한 청취실험을 통해 증명했다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.126-132
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• 2012

The technique for estimation of sound source direction is one of the important methods necessary for various engineering fields such as monitoring system, military services and so on. As a new approach for estimation of sound source direction, this paper propose the bio-mimetic localization sensor based on mechanically coupling structure motivated by hearing structure of fly, Ormia Ochracea. This creature is known for its outstanding recognition ability to the sound which has large wavelength compared to its own size. ITTF (Inter-Tympanal Transfer Function) which is the transfer function between displacements of the tympanal membranes on each side has the all inter-tympanal information dependent on sound direction. The peak and notch features of desired ITTF can be generated by using the appropriate mechanical properties. A example of estimation of sound source direction using generated ITTF with monotonically changing notch and peak patterns is shown.