A novel algorithm using multiple spherical arrays based on spherical harmonic analysis is proposed to localize wideband acoustic sources. In the novel spherical harmonic algorithm, the re- ceived microphone signals ar...A novel algorithm using multiple spherical arrays based on spherical harmonic analysis is proposed to localize wideband acoustic sources. In the novel spherical harmonic algorithm, the re- ceived microphone signals are firstly used to do the spherical Fourier transformation. Then, the mul- tiple signal classification （MUSIC） algorithm is applied to the spherical components to obtain the an- gular-spectrum. Finally, the angular-spectrum smoothing technique is proposed to obtain the accu- rate localization of wideband sources. In contrast to the traditional single spherical array, the multi- pie spherical arrays used in this paper consist of several randomly distributed spheres in a given plane. The microphones are uniformly placed on each sphere, the same as the usual single spherical array. Simulation comparison of wideband sources localization between a single spherical array and multiple spherical arrays based on the novel algorithm is carried out to validate our proposed meth- od.展开更多
文摘A novel algorithm using multiple spherical arrays based on spherical harmonic analysis is proposed to localize wideband acoustic sources. In the novel spherical harmonic algorithm, the re- ceived microphone signals are firstly used to do the spherical Fourier transformation. Then, the mul- tiple signal classification （MUSIC） algorithm is applied to the spherical components to obtain the an- gular-spectrum. Finally, the angular-spectrum smoothing technique is proposed to obtain the accu- rate localization of wideband sources. In contrast to the traditional single spherical array, the multi- pie spherical arrays used in this paper consist of several randomly distributed spheres in a given plane. The microphones are uniformly placed on each sphere, the same as the usual single spherical array. Simulation comparison of wideband sources localization between a single spherical array and multiple spherical arrays based on the novel algorithm is carried out to validate our proposed meth- od.
