Biomimetic sonar recognizes objects using binaural information

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 2 pt 1, 1997, Pages 689-696

  Kuc, Roman ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; DATA COMPRESSION; ERRORS; LOW PASS FILTERS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOTIC ARMS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSMITTERS; VECTORS;

BIOMIMETIC SONAR; ECHO PROCESSING; ENVELOPE VECTOR; POLAROID ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS;

SONAR;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; BINAURAL HEARING; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0031214233     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.419658     Document Type: Article

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