Title
Numerical near field optimization of a non-uniform sub-band filter-and-sum beamformer
Abstract
A novel near field filter-and-sum beamformer using non uniform frequency sub-bands is presented. The concept is based on numerical optimization of the reception characteristic of the microphone array. In order to improve the reception characteristic over frequency and space, a non uniform filterbank is utilized to subdivide the frequency range. Individual optimization processes for each sub-band result in a clearly improved reception characteristic. The new system is able to closely approximate a target (independently of the frequency) which can be defined according to the application.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637616
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
array signal processing,channel bank filters,microphone arrays,near-field communication,optimisation,frequency range,microphone array,near field filter-and-sum beamformer,nonuniform filterbank,nonuniform frequency subbands,nonuniform subband filter-and-sum beamformer,numerical near field optimization,numerical optimization,optimization processes,reception characteristic,Microphone arrays,beamforming,near field,numerical optimization
Near field communication,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Filter bank,Noise-canceling microphone,Near and far field,Speech recognition,Microphone array,Artificial intelligence,Acoustics
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1520-6149
2
0.37
References 
Authors
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Florian Heese1505.25
Magnus Schaefer241.14
Jona Wernerus320.37
Peter Vary444447.30