DSP implementation of source location using microphone arrays

Daniel V. Rabinkin; Richard J. Renomeron; A. J. Dahl; Joseph C. French; James L. Flanagan; Mike Bianchi

doi:10.1117/12.255464

22 October 1996 DSP implementation of source location using microphone arrays

Daniel V. Rabinkin, Richard J. Renomeron, A. J. Dahl, Joseph C. French, James L. Flanagan, Mike Bianchi

Proceedings Volume 2846, Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations VI; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255464
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The design, implementation, and performance of a low-cost, real-time DSP system for source location is discussed. The system consists of an 8-element electret microphone array connected to a Signalogic DSP daughterboard hosted by a PC. The system determines the location of a speaker in the audience in an irregularly shaped auditorium. The auditorium presents a non-ideal acoustical environment; some of the walls are acoustically treated, but there still exists significant reverberation and a large amount of low frequency noise from fans in the ceiling. The source location algorithm is implemented in a two step process. The first step determines time delay of arrival (TDOA) for select microphone pairs. A modified version of the Cross- Power Spectrum Phase Method is used to compute TDOAs and is implemented on the DSP daughterboard. The second step uses the computed TDOAs in a least mean squares gradient descent search algorithm implemented on the PC to compute a location estimate.

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Daniel V. Rabinkin, Richard J. Renomeron, A. J. Dahl, Joseph C. French, James L. Flanagan, and Mike Bianchi "DSP implementation of source location using microphone arrays", Proc. SPIE 2846, Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations VI, (22 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255464

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