Robust talker direction estimation based on weighted CSP analysis and maximum likelihood estimation

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E89-D, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1050-1057

  Denda, Yuki ^a,b   Nishiura, Takanobu ^a,b,c   Yamashita, Yoichi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Inst Electronics Info Commun E   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d College of Informatin Science and Engineering ^*

^e Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence   (Japan)

^f IPSJ   (Japan)

^g International Speech Communication Association

^h IEEE

Author keywords

CSP analysis; CSP coefficient subtraction; Microphone array; ML estimation; Robust talker direction estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPHONES; SPEECH PROCESSING;

CSP ANALYSIS; CSP COEFFICIENT SUBTRACTION; ML ESTIMATION; ROBUST TALKER DIRECTION ESTIMATION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 33645783789     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e89-d.3.1050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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