Open AccessDESIGNING PLANAR MICROPHONE ARRAY FOR SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION
Author(s) -
В. И. Ершов,
Vadim Palchikovskiy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
akustika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2570-8775
pISSN - 1801-9064
DOI - 10.36336/akustika201932123
Subject(s) - microphone array , acoustics , planar array , beam (structure) , microphone , planar , beam diameter , cartesian coordinate system , acoustic source localization , optics , physics , computer science , mathematics , sound (geography) , sound pressure , geometry , computer graphics (images) , laser , laser beams
Mathematical background for designing planar microphone array for localization of sound sources are described shortly. The designing is based on optimization of objective function, which is maximum dynamic range of sound source localization. The design parameters are radial coordinates (distance along the beam from the center of the array) and angle coordinates (beam inclination) of the microphones. It is considered the arrays with the same radial coordinates of the microphones for each beam and the independent radial coordinates of each microphone, as well as the same inclination angle for all beams and the individual inclination angle of each beam. As constraints, it is used the minimum allowable distance between two adjacent microphones, and minimum and maximum diameter of the working area of the array. The solution of the optimization problem is performed by the Minimax method. An estimation of the resolution quality of designed arrays was carried out based on localization of three monopole sources. The array of 3 m in diameter without inclination of the beams and with different radial coordinates of the microphones on each beam was found to be the most efficient configuration among the considered ones.