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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

Acoustic indoor localization offers the potential for highly accurate position estimation while generally exhibiting low hardware requirements compared to Radio Frequency (RF)-based solutions. Furthermore, angular-based localization…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Georg K. J. Fischer , Thomas Schaechtle , Moritz Schabinger , Alexander Richter , Ivo Häring , Fabian Höflinger , Stefan J. Rupitsch

We present a novel algorithm that enhances the accuracy of electromagnetic field simulations in indoor environments by incorporating the Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (UTD) for surface diffraction. This additional diffraction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-17 Ruichen Wang , Samuel Audia , Dinesh Manocha

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

We introduce bidirectional edge diffraction response function (BEDRF), a new approach to model wave diffraction around edges with path tracing. The diffraction part of the wave is expressed as an integration on path space, and the wave-edge…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Chunxiao Cao , Zili An , Zhong Ren , Dinesh Manocha , Kun Zhou

Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) imaging aims at recovering the 3D geometry of objects that are hidden from the direct line of sight. In the past, this method has suffered from the weak available multibounce signal limiting scene size, capture…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Ji Hyun Nam , Eric Brandt , Sebastian Bauer , Xiaochun Liu , Eftychios Sifakis , Andreas Velten

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

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

This article is a survey on deep learning methods for single and multiple sound source localization. We are particularly interested in sound source localization in indoor/domestic environment, where reverberation and diffuse noise are…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-07-20 Pierre-Amaury Grumiaux , Srđan Kitić , Laurent Girin , Alexandre Guérin

We describe a new method for estimating the direction of sound in a reverberant environment from basic principles of sound propagation. The method utilizes SNR-adaptive features from time-delay and energy of the directional components after…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Mohamed F. Mansour

Localizing a moving sound source in the real world involves determining its direction-of-arrival (DOA) and distance relative to a microphone. Advancements in DOA estimation have been facilitated by data-driven methods optimized with large…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Saksham Singh Kushwaha , Iran R. Roman , Magdalena Fuentes , Juan Pablo Bello

Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection (ASD) aims to design a generalizable method that can be used to detect anomalies when only normal sounds are given. In this paper, Anomalous Sound Detection based on Diffusion Models (ASD-Diffusion) is…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Fengrun Zhang , Xiang Xie , Kai Guo

This paper presents a non-cooperative source localization approach based on received signal strength (RSS) and 2D environment map, considering both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions. Conventional localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-11 Hao Sun , Weiming Huang , Xianghao Yu , Junting Chen

The propagation of sound in a shallow water environment is characterized by boundary reflections from the sea surface and sea floor. These reflections result in multiple (indirect) sound propagation paths, which can degrade the performance…

Sound · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Eric L. Ferguson , Stefan B. Williams , Craig T. Jin

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging enables the visualization of objects hidden from direct view, with applications in surveillance, remote sensing, and light detection and ranging. Here, we introduce a NLOS imaging technique termed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Pengming Song , Qianhao Zhao , Ruihai Wang , Ninghe Liu , Yingqi Qiang , Tianbo Wang , Xincheng Zhang , Yi Zhang , Guoan Zheng

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

Estimating the pose of objects from images is a crucial task of 3D scene understanding, and recent approaches have shown promising results on very large benchmarks. However, these methods experience a significant performance drop when…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Tianfu Wang , Guosheng Hu , Hongguang Wang

With the rapid deployments of 5G and 6G networks, accurate modeling of urban radio propagation has become critical for system design and network planning. However, conventional statistical or empirical models fail to fully capture the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Junzhe Song , Ruisi He , Mi Yang , Zhengyu Zhang , Shuaiqi Gao , Xiaoying Zhang , Bo Ai

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is a rapidly growing field seeking to form images of objects outside the field of view, with potential applications in search and rescue, reconnaissance, and even medical imaging. The critical challenge of…

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is based on capturing the multi-bounce indirect reflections from the hidden objects. Active NLOS imaging systems rely on the capture of the time of flight of light through the scene, and have shown great…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-19 Jiayong Peng , Fangzhou Mu , Ji Hyun Nam , Siddeshwar Raghavan , Yin Li , Andreas Velten , Zhiwei Xiong