Blind Localization of Early Room Reflections with Arbitrary Microphone Array
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| author | Hadadi, Yogev Tourbabin, Vladimir Ben-Hur, Zamir Alon, David Lou Rafaely, Boaz |
| author_facet | Hadadi, Yogev Tourbabin, Vladimir Ben-Hur, Zamir Alon, David Lou Rafaely, Boaz |
| contents | Blindly estimating the direction of arrival (DoA) of early room reflections without prior knowledge of the room impulse response or source signal is highly valuable in audio signal processing applications. The FF-PHALCOR (Frequency Focusing PHase ALigned CORrelation) method was recently developed for this purpose, extending the original PHALCOR method to work with arbitrary arrays rather than just spherical ones. Previous studies have provided only initial insights into its performance. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the method's performance and limitations, examining how reflection characteristics such as delay, amplitude, and spatial density affect its effectiveness. The research also proposes improvements to overcome these limitations, enhancing detection quality and reducing false alarms. Additionally, the study examined how spatial perception is affected by generating room impulse responses using estimated reflection information. The findings suggest a perceptual advantage of the proposed approach over the baseline, with particularly high perceptual quality when using the spherical array with 32 microphones. However, the quality is somewhat reduced when using a semi-circular array with only 6 microphones. |
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| spellingShingle | Blind Localization of Early Room Reflections with Arbitrary Microphone Array Hadadi, Yogev Tourbabin, Vladimir Ben-Hur, Zamir Alon, David Lou Rafaely, Boaz Audio and Speech Processing Sound Blindly estimating the direction of arrival (DoA) of early room reflections without prior knowledge of the room impulse response or source signal is highly valuable in audio signal processing applications. The FF-PHALCOR (Frequency Focusing PHase ALigned CORrelation) method was recently developed for this purpose, extending the original PHALCOR method to work with arbitrary arrays rather than just spherical ones. Previous studies have provided only initial insights into its performance. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the method's performance and limitations, examining how reflection characteristics such as delay, amplitude, and spatial density affect its effectiveness. The research also proposes improvements to overcome these limitations, enhancing detection quality and reducing false alarms. Additionally, the study examined how spatial perception is affected by generating room impulse responses using estimated reflection information. The findings suggest a perceptual advantage of the proposed approach over the baseline, with particularly high perceptual quality when using the spherical array with 32 microphones. However, the quality is somewhat reduced when using a semi-circular array with only 6 microphones. |
| title | Blind Localization of Early Room Reflections with Arbitrary Microphone Array |
| topic | Audio and Speech Processing Sound |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15484 |