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Music genre classification is one example of content-based analysis of music signals. Traditionally, human-engineered features were used to automatize this task and 61% accuracy has been achieved in the 10-genre classification. However,…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Mingwen Dong

Causal nature of the acoustic response, for any materials or structures, dictates an inequality that relates the absorption spectrum of the sample to its thickness. We present a general recipe for constructing sound-absorbing structures…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-06-09 Min Yang , Shuyu Chen , Caixing Fu , Ping Sheng

In this paper, we present a novel interdisciplinary approach to study the relationship between diffusive surface structures and their acoustic performance. Using computational design, surface structures are iteratively generated and 3D…

The inclusion of material identification in wireless communication system is an emerging area that offers many opportunities for 6G systems. By using reflected radio wave to determine the material of reflecting surface, not only the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Yi Geng

A room's acoustic properties are a product of the room's geometry, the objects within the room, and their specific positions. A room's acoustic properties can be characterized by its impulse response (RIR) between a source and listener…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Mason Wang , Samuel Clarke , Jui-Hsien Wang , Ruohan Gao , Jiajun Wu

Decorated membrane, comprising a thin layer of elastic film with small rigid platelets fixed on top, has been found to be an efficient absorber of low frequency sound. In this work we consider the problem of sound absorption from a…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-15 Min Yang , Yong Li , Chong Meng , Caixing Fu , Jun Mei , Zhiyu Yang , Ping Sheng

This paper proposes a real-time system integrating an acoustic material estimation from visual appearance and an on-the-fly mapping in the 3-dimension. The proposed method estimates the acoustic materials of surroundings in indoor scenes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Taeyoung Kim , Youngsun Kwon , Sung-eui Yoon

Sound absorption is an important technological task in machine-building and civil engineering. Porous materials are traditionally used for these purposes, as they are neither ignitable nor hygroscopic and thus suitable for noise oppression,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-10-22 Arcady Finkelstein , Eugene Furman , Dmitry Husnullin , Borodianskiy Konstantin

The recognition and classification of the diversity of materials that exist in the environment around us are a key visual competence that computer vision systems focus on in recent years. Understanding the identification of materials in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-20 Anca Sticlaru

Recognizing an object's material can inform a robot on the object's fragility or appropriate use. To estimate an object's material during manipulation, many prior works have explored the use of haptic sensing. In this paper, we explore a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-08 Zackory Erickson , Nathan Luskey , Sonia Chernova , Charles C. Kemp

We describe here a class of acoustic metamaterials with fractal Hilbert space-filling and coiled geometry with equal tortuosity for noise mitigation. Experiments are performed using a four-microphone impedance tube and benchmarked against…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Gianni Comandini , Codor Khodr , Valeska Ting , Mahdi Azarpeyvand , Fabrizio Scarpa

In time-cost scale model studies, predicting acoustic performance by using simulation methods is a commonly used method that is preferred. In this field, building acoustic simulation tools are complicated by several challenges, including…

Prediction of room impulse responses (RIRs) is essential for room acoustics, spatial audio, and immersive applications, yet conventional simulations and measurements remain computationally expensive and time-consuming. This work proposes a…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Imran Muhammad , Gerald Schuller

Understanding surface material properties is crucial for enhancing indoor robot perception and indoor digital twinning. However, not all sensor modalities typically employed for this task are capable of reliably capturing detailed surface…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Stefan Hägele , Fabian Seguel , Driton Salihu , Adam Misik , Eckehard Steinbach

There are multiple applications to automatically count people and specify their gender at work, exhibitions, malls, sales, and industrial usage. Although current speech detection methods are supposed to operate well, in most situations, in…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Praveen Damacharla , Hamid Rajabalipanah , Mohammad Hosein Fakheri

Determining the material category of a surface from an image is a demanding task in perception that is drawing increasing attention. Following the recent remarkable results achieved for image classification and object detection utilising…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-17 Grigorios Kalliatakis , Georgios Stamatiadis , Shoaib Ehsan , Ales Leonardis , Juergen Gall , Anca Sticlaru , Klaus D. McDonald-Maier

Every sound that we hear is the result of successive convolutional operations (e.g. room acoustics, microphone characteristics, resonant properties of the instrument itself, not to mention characteristics and limitations of the sound…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-08-18 Prateek Verma , Jonathan Berger

In real-world acoustic scenarios, there often are multiple sound sources present in a room. These sources are situated in various locations and produce sounds that reach the listener from multiple directions. The presence of multiple…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Kyungyun Lee , Jeonghun Seo , Keunwoo Choi , Sangmoon Lee , Ben Sangbae Chon

Accurate knowledge of acoustic surface admittance or impedance is essential for reliable wave-based simulations, yet its in situ estimation remains challenging due to noise, model inaccuracies, and restrictive assumptions of conventional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Jonas M. Schmid , Johannes D. Schmid , Martin Eser , Steffen Marburg

The acoustic space in which a sound is created and heard plays an essential role in how that sound is perceived by affording a unique sense of \textit{presence}. Every sound we hear results from successive convolution operations intrinsic…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-11-02 Prateek Verma , Chris Chafe , Jonathan Berger