Title
On the Bias of Direction of Arrival Estimation Using Linear Microphone Arrays
Abstract
This contribution investigates Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation using linearly arranged microphone arrays. We are going to develop a model for the DoA estimation error in a reverberant scenario and show the existence of a bias, that is a consequence of the linear arrangement and limited field of view (FoV) that is associated with it. Two reasons are identified to cause the bias: First, the limited FoV leading to a clipping of the measurements, and, second, the angular distribution of the signal energy of the reflections being non-uniform. Since both issues are a consequence of the linear arrangement of the sensors, the bias arises largely independent of the kind of DoA estimator. The experimental evaluation demonstrates the existence of the bias for a selected number of DoA estimation methods and proves that the prediction from the developed theoretical model matches the simulation results.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
Speech Communication; 12. ITG Symposium
Field of view,Angular distribution,Direction of arrival,Computer science,Energy (signal processing),Acoustics,Microphone,Estimator
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-3-8007-4275-2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Florian Jacob1302.98
Reinhold Haeb-Umbach21487211.71