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Sound localization with artificial neural network

US8676728B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2011
Grant dateMar 18, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2430/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The location of a sound within a given spatial volume may be used in applications such as augmented reality environments. An artificial neural network processes time-difference-of-arrival data (TDOA) from a known microphone array to determine a spatial location of the sound. The neural network may be located locally or available as a cloud service. The artificial neural network is trained with perturbed and non-perturbed TDOA data.

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