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Mobile robots in real-life settings would benefit from being able to localize sound sources. Such a capability can nicely complement vision to help localize a person or an interesting event in the environment, and also to provide enhanced…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-03-01 Jean-Marc Valin , François Michaud , Brahim Hadjou , Jean Rouat

A microphone array can provide a mobile robot with the capability of localizing, tracking and separating distant sound sources in 2D, i.e., estimating their relative elevation and azimuth. To combine acoustic data with visual information in…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-23 Simon Michaud , Samuel Faucher , François Grondin , Jean-Samuel Lauzon , Mathieu Labbé , Dominic Létourneau , François Ferland , François Michaud

Mobile robots in real-life settings would benefit from being able to localize and track sound sources. Such a capability can help localizing a person or an interesting event in the environment, and also provides enhanced processing for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-02-29 Jean-Marc Valin , François Michaud , Jean Rouat

This paper presents a sound source localization strategy that relies on a microphone array embedded in an unmanned ground vehicle and an asynchronous close-talking microphone near the operator. A signal coarse alignment strategy is combined…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Victor Liu , Timothy Du , Jordy Sehn , Jack Collier , François Grondin

In this thesis, we propose an artificial auditory system that gives a robot the ability to locate and track sounds, as well as to separate simultaneous sound sources and recognising simultaneous speech. We demonstrate that it is possible to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-02-23 Jean-Marc Valin

Accurately estimating sound source positions is crucial for robot audition. However, existing sound source localization methods typically rely on a microphone array with at least two spatially preconfigured microphones. This requirement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Jiang Wang , Runwu Shi , Benjamin Yen , He Kong , Kazuhiro Nakadai

Human-robot interaction in natural settings requires filtering out the different sources of sounds from the environment. Such ability usually involves the use of microphone arrays to localize, track and separate sound sources online.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-04 Francois Grondin , Francois Michaud

We present a novel, reflection-aware method for 3D sound localization in indoor environments. Unlike prior approaches, which are mainly based on continuous sound signals from a stationary source, our formulation is designed to localize the…

Sound · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Inkyu An , Myungbae Son , Dinesh Manocha , Sung-eui Yoon

In this paper we present a new robust sound source localization and tracking method using an array of eight microphones (US patent pending) . The method uses a steered beamformer based on the reliability-weighted phase transform (RWPHAT)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Jean-Marc Valin , François Michaud , Jean Rouat

In cluttered environments where visual sensors encounter heavy occlusion, such as in agricultural settings, tactile signals can provide crucial spatial information for the robot to locate rigid objects and maneuver around them. We introduce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Moonyoung Lee , Uksang Yoo , Jean Oh , Jeffrey Ichnowski , George Kantor , Oliver Kroemer

Estimation of the location of sound sources is usually done using microphone arrays. Such settings provide an environment where we know the difference between the received signals among different microphones in the terms of phase or…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Helena Peic Tukuljac , Herve Lissek , Pierre Vandergheynst

We propose a system that gives a mobile robot the ability to separate simultaneous sound sources. A microphone array is used along with a real-time dedicated implementation of Geometric Source Separation and a post-filter that gives us a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-03-09 Jean-Marc Valin , Jean Rouat , François Michaud

Conventional approaches to sound localization and separation are based on microphone arrays in artificial systems. Inspired by the selective perception of human auditory system, we design a multi-source listening system which can separate…

Sound · Computer Science 2019-11-11 Xuecong Sun , Han Jia , Zhe Zhang , Yuzhen Yang , Zhaoyong Sun , Jun Yang

This work presents a novel technique that performs both orientation and distance localization of a sound source in a three-dimensional (3D) space using only the interaural time difference (ITD) cue, generated by a newly-developed…

Sound · Computer Science 2018-04-11 Deepak Gala , Nathan Lindsay , Liang Sun

Sound-tracking refers to the process of determining the direction from which a sound originates, making it a fundamental component of sound source localization. This capability is essential in a variety of applications, including security…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Mahdi Ali Pour , Zahra Habibzadeh

We propose to use neural networks for simultaneous detection and localization of multiple sound sources in human-robot interaction. In contrast to conventional signal processing techniques, neural network-based sound source localization…

Sound · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Weipeng He , Petr Motlicek , Jean-Marc Odobez

Abstract While vision-based localization techniques have been widely studied for small autonomous unmanned vehicles (SAUVs), sound-source localization capabilities have not been fully enabled for SAUVs. This paper presents two novel…

Sound · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Deepak Gala , Nathan Lindsay , Liang Sun

Sound Source Localization (SSL) are used to estimate the position of sound sources. Various methods have been used for detecting sound and its localization. This paper presents a system for stationary sound source localization by cubical…

In this paper, we propose novel deep learning based algorithms for multiple sound source localization. Specifically, we aim to find the 2D Cartesian coordinates of multiple sound sources in an enclosed environment by using multiple…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-11 Guillaume Le Moing , Phongtharin Vinayavekhin , Tadanobu Inoue , Jayakorn Vongkulbhisal , Asim Munawar , Ryuki Tachibana , Don Joven Agravante

Sound source localization (SSL) is a critical technology for determining the position of sound sources in complex environments. However, existing methods face challenges such as high computational costs and precise calibration requirements,…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Yiyuan Yang , Shitong Xu , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham
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