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Identifying acoustic events from a continuously streaming audio source is of interest for many applications including environmental monitoring for basic research. In this scenario neither different event classes are known nor what…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Matthias Meyer , Jan Beutel , Lothar Thiele

We propose a method using a long short-term memory (LSTM) network to estimate the noise power spectral density (PSD) of single-channel audio signals represented in the short time Fourier transform (STFT) domain. An LSTM network common to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-11 Xiaofei Li , Simon Leglaive , Laurent Girin , Radu Horaud

This paper presents a simulation-based approach to own voice detection (OVD) in hearing aids using a single microphone. While OVD can significantly improve user comfort and speech intelligibility, existing solutions often rely on multiple…

The head-related transfer function (HRTF) characterizes the frequency response of the sound traveling path between a specific location and the ear. When it comes to estimating HRTFs by neural network models, angle-specific models greatly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-06 Keng-Wei Chang , Yih-Liang Shen , Tai-Shi Chi

We present a novel hybrid sound propagation algorithm for interactive applications. Our approach is designed for dynamic scenes and uses a neural network-based learned scattered field representation along with ray tracing to generate…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Zhenyu Tang , Hsien-Yu Meng , Dinesh Manocha

Air pollution, especially particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), is a pressing concern for public health and is difficult to estimate in developing countries (data-poor regions) due to a lack of ground sensors. Transfer learning models can be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Shrey Gupta , Yongbee Park , Jianzhao Bi , Suyash Gupta , Andreas Züfle , Avani Wildani , Yang Liu

Personalized head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are essential for ensuring a realistic auditory experience over headphones, because they take into account individual anatomical differences that affect listening. Most machine learning…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 You Zhang , Andrew Francl , Ruohan Gao , Paul Calamia , Zhiyao Duan , Ishwarya Ananthabhotla

A method of interpolating the acoustic transfer function (ATF) between regions that takes into account both the physical properties of the ATF and the directionality of region configurations is proposed. Most spatial ATF interpolation…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-06 Juliano G. C. Ribeiro , Shoichi Koyama , Hiroshi Saruwatari

We study the problem of multimodal physical scene understanding, where an embodied agent needs to find fallen objects by inferring object properties, direction, and distance of an impact sound source. Previous works adopt feed-forward…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Jie Yin , Andrew Luo , Yilun Du , Anoop Cherian , Tim K. Marks , Jonathan Le Roux , Chuang Gan

Our environment is filled with rich and dynamic acoustic information. When we walk into a cathedral, the reverberations as much as appearance inform us of the sanctuary's wide open space. Similarly, as an object moves around us, we expect…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Andrew Luo , Yilun Du , Michael J. Tarr , Joshua B. Tenenbaum , Antonio Torralba , Chuang Gan

Voice Type Discrimination (VTD) refers to discrimination between regions in a recording where speech was produced by speakers that are physically within proximity of the recording device ("Live Speech") from speech and other types of audio…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Tyler Vuong , Yangyang Xia , Richard Stern

The inference of the absorption configuration of an existing room solely using acoustic signals can be challenging. This research presents two methods for estimating the room dimensions and frequency-dependent absorption coefficients using…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Yuanxin Xia , Cheol-Ho Jeong

Time-frequency (T-F) domain-based neural vocoders have shown promising results in synthesizing high-fidelity audio. Nevertheless, it remains unclear on the mechanism of effectively predicting magnitude and phase targets jointly. In this…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Lingling Dai , Andong Li , Tong Lei , Meng Yu , Xiaodong Li , Chengshi Zheng

The area of study concerning the estimation of spatial sound, i.e., the distribution of a physical quantity of sound such as acoustic pressure, is called sound field estimation, which is the basis for various applied technologies related to…

Damped sinusoidal oscillations are widely observed in many physical systems, and their analysis provides access to underlying physical properties. However, parameter estimation becomes difficult when the signal decays rapidly, multiple…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Momoka Iida , Hayato Motohashi , Hirotaka Takahashi

Automatic modulation classification (AMC) has emerged as a key technique in cognitive radio networks in sixth-generation (6G) communications. AMC enables effective data transmission without requiring prior knowledge of modulation schemes.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-14 Zelin Ji , Shuo Wang , Kuojun Yang , Qinchuan Zhang , Peng Ye

This paper addresses the problem of under-determinded speech source separation from multichannel microphone singals, i.e. the convolutive mixtures of multiple sources. The time-domain signals are first transformed to the short-time Fourier…

Sound · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Xiaofei Li , Laurent Girin , Radu Horaud

The modulation transfer function (MTF) is widely used to characterise the performance of optical systems. Measuring it is costly and it is thus rarely available for a given lens specimen. Instead, MTFs based on simulations or, at best, MTFs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-07 Matthias Bauer , Valentin Volchkov , Michael Hirsch , Bernhard Schölkopf

Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are essential for virtual acoustic realities, as they contain all cues for localizing sound sources in three-dimensional space. Acoustic measurements are one way to obtain high-quality HRTFs. To…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-25 Johannes M. Arend , Christoph Pörschmann , Stefan Weinzierl , Fabian Brinkmann

Reconstructing the sound field in a room is an important task for several applications, such as sound control and augmented (AR) or virtual reality (VR). In this paper, we propose a data-driven generative model for reconstructing the…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-22 Federico Miotello , Luca Comanducci , Mirco Pezzoli , Alberto Bernardini , Fabio Antonacci , Augusto Sarti