Wideband DOA estimation algorithms for multiple target detection and tracking using unattended acoustic sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5417, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-11

  Azimi Sadjadi, Mahmood R ^a   Pezeshki, Ali ^a,b   Scharf, Louis L ^a,b   Hohil, Myron ^c  

^a Information System Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Capon beamforming; DOA estimation; Sparse sensor arrays; Steered covariance matrix

Indexed keywords

CAPON BEAMFORMING; DOA ESTIMATION; SPARSE SENSOR ARRAYS; STEERED COVARIANCE MATRIX;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SENSORS;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 10044239353     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.543332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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