---
_id: '11832'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In this paper we propose an approach to retrieve the absolute geometry of
    an acoustic sensor network, consisting of spatially distributed microphone arrays,
    from reverberant speech input. The calibration relies on direction of arrival
    measurements of the individual arrays. The proposed calibration algorithm is derived
    from a maximum-likelihood approach employing circular statistics. Since a sensor
    node consists of a microphone array with known intra-array geometry, we are able
    to obtain an absolute geometry estimate, including angles and distances. Simulation
    results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
author:
- first_name: Florian
  full_name: Jacob, Florian
  last_name: Jacob
- first_name: Joerg
  full_name: Schmalenstroeer, Joerg
  id: '460'
  last_name: Schmalenstroeer
- first_name: Reinhold
  full_name: Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
  id: '242'
  last_name: Haeb-Umbach
citation:
  ama: 'Jacob F, Schmalenstroeer J, Haeb-Umbach R. DoA-Based Microphone Array Position
    Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic. In: <i>38th International Conference
    on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013)</i>. ; 2013:116-120.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620">10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620</a>'
  apa: Jacob, F., Schmalenstroeer, J., &#38; Haeb-Umbach, R. (2013). DoA-Based Microphone
    Array Position Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic. <i>38th International
    Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013)</i>, 116–120.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620">https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Jacob_Schmalenstroeer_Haeb-Umbach_2013, title={DoA-Based
    Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620">10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620</a>},
    booktitle={38th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
    (ICASSP 2013)}, author={Jacob, Florian and Schmalenstroeer, Joerg and Haeb-Umbach,
    Reinhold}, year={2013}, pages={116–120} }'
  chicago: Jacob, Florian, Joerg Schmalenstroeer, and Reinhold Haeb-Umbach. “DoA-Based
    Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic.” In <i>38th
    International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013)</i>,
    116–20, 2013. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620">https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620</a>.
  ieee: 'F. Jacob, J. Schmalenstroeer, and R. Haeb-Umbach, “DoA-Based Microphone Array
    Position Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic,” in <i>38th International
    Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013)</i>, 2013,
    pp. 116–120, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620">10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620</a>.'
  mla: Jacob, Florian, et al. “DoA-Based Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration
    Using Circular Statistic.” <i>38th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech,
    and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013)</i>, 2013, pp. 116–20, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620">10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620</a>.
  short: 'F. Jacob, J. Schmalenstroeer, R. Haeb-Umbach, in: 38th International Conference
    on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013), 2013, pp. 116–120.'
date_created: 2019-07-12T05:29:07Z
date_updated: 2023-10-26T08:11:12Z
department:
- _id: '54'
doi: 10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620
keyword:
- Geometry calibration
- microphone arrays
- position self-calibration
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2013/JacSchHae_ICASSP2013_Rev2.pdf
oa: '1'
page: 116-120
publication: 38th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
  (ICASSP 2013)
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1520-6149
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
  link:
  - description: Presentation
    relation: supplementary_material
    url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2013/JaScHa13_Presentation.pdf
status: public
title: DoA-Based Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic
type: conference
user_id: '460'
year: '2013'
...
---
_id: '11833'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In this paper we propose an approach to retrieve the geometry of an acoustic
    sensor network consisting of spatially distributed microphone arrays from unconstrained
    speech input. The calibration relies on Direction of Arrival (DoA) measurements
    which do not require a clock synchronization among the sensor nodes. The calibration
    problem is formulated as a cost function optimization task, which minimizes the
    squared differences between measured and predicted observations and additionally
    avoids the existence of minima that correspond to mirrored versions of the actual
    sensor orientations. Further, outlier measurements caused by reverberation are
    mitigated by a Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) approach. The experimental results
    show a mean positioning error of at most 25 cm even in highly reverberant environments.
author:
- first_name: Florian
  full_name: Jacob, Florian
  last_name: Jacob
- first_name: Joerg
  full_name: Schmalenstroeer, Joerg
  id: '460'
  last_name: Schmalenstroeer
- first_name: Reinhold
  full_name: Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
  id: '242'
  last_name: Haeb-Umbach
citation:
  ama: 'Jacob F, Schmalenstroeer J, Haeb-Umbach R. Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration
    from Reverberant Speech Input. In: <i>International Workshop on Acoustic Signal
    Enhancement (IWAENC 2012)</i>. ; 2012.'
  apa: Jacob, F., Schmalenstroeer, J., &#38; Haeb-Umbach, R. (2012). Microphone Array
    Position Self-Calibration from Reverberant Speech Input. <i>International Workshop
    on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC 2012)</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Jacob_Schmalenstroeer_Haeb-Umbach_2012, title={Microphone
    Array Position Self-Calibration from Reverberant Speech Input}, booktitle={International
    Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC 2012)}, author={Jacob, Florian
    and Schmalenstroeer, Joerg and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold}, year={2012} }'
  chicago: Jacob, Florian, Joerg Schmalenstroeer, and Reinhold Haeb-Umbach. “Microphone
    Array Position Self-Calibration from Reverberant Speech Input.” In <i>International
    Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC 2012)</i>, 2012.
  ieee: F. Jacob, J. Schmalenstroeer, and R. Haeb-Umbach, “Microphone Array Position
    Self-Calibration from Reverberant Speech Input,” 2012.
  mla: Jacob, Florian, et al. “Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration from Reverberant
    Speech Input.” <i>International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC
    2012)</i>, 2012.
  short: 'F. Jacob, J. Schmalenstroeer, R. Haeb-Umbach, in: International Workshop
    on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC 2012), 2012.'
date_created: 2019-07-12T05:29:08Z
date_updated: 2023-10-26T08:10:52Z
department:
- _id: '54'
keyword:
- Unsupervised
- geometry calibration
- microphone arrays
- position self-calibration
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2012/JaScHa12.pdf
oa: '1'
publication: International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC 2012)
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
  link:
  - description: Video
    relation: supplementary_material
    url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2012/Microphine_Array_Position_Self-Calibration_from_Reverberant_Speech_Input.mp4
  - description: Poster
    relation: supplementary_material
    url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2012/JaScHa12_Poster.pdf
  - description: Demonstrator
    relation: supplementary_material
    url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2012/JaScHa12_Demonstrator.pdf
status: public
title: Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration from Reverberant Speech Input
type: conference
user_id: '460'
year: '2012'
...
---
_id: '11806'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Microphone arrays represent the basis for many challenging acoustic sensing
    tasks. The accuracy of techniques like beamforming directly depends on a precise
    knowledge of the relative positions of the sensors used. Unfortunately, for certain
    use cases manually measuring the geometry of an array is not feasible due to practical
    constraints. In this paper we present an approach to unsupervised shape calibration
    of microphone array networks. We developed a hierarchical procedure that first
    performs local shape calibration based on coherence analysis and then employs
    SRP-PHAT in a network calibration method. Practical experiments demonstrate the
    effectiveness of our approach especially for highly reverberant acoustic environments.
author:
- first_name: Marius
  full_name: Hennecke, Marius
  last_name: Hennecke
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Ploetz, Thomas
  last_name: Ploetz
- first_name: Gernot A.
  full_name: Fink, Gernot A.
  last_name: Fink
- first_name: Joerg
  full_name: Schmalenstroeer, Joerg
  id: '460'
  last_name: Schmalenstroeer
- first_name: Reinhold
  full_name: Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
  id: '242'
  last_name: Haeb-Umbach
citation:
  ama: 'Hennecke M, Ploetz T, Fink GA, Schmalenstroeer J, Haeb-Umbach R. A hierarchical
    approach to unsupervised shape calibration of microphone array networks. In: <i>IEEE/SP
    15th Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP 2009)</i>. ; 2009:257-260.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589">10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589</a>'
  apa: Hennecke, M., Ploetz, T., Fink, G. A., Schmalenstroeer, J., &#38; Haeb-Umbach,
    R. (2009). A hierarchical approach to unsupervised shape calibration of microphone
    array networks. <i>IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP
    2009)</i>, 257–260. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589">https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Hennecke_Ploetz_Fink_Schmalenstroeer_Haeb-Umbach_2009, title={A
    hierarchical approach to unsupervised shape calibration of microphone array networks},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589">10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589</a>},
    booktitle={IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP 2009)},
    author={Hennecke, Marius and Ploetz, Thomas and Fink, Gernot A. and Schmalenstroeer,
    Joerg and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold}, year={2009}, pages={257–260} }'
  chicago: Hennecke, Marius, Thomas Ploetz, Gernot A. Fink, Joerg Schmalenstroeer,
    and Reinhold Haeb-Umbach. “A Hierarchical Approach to Unsupervised Shape Calibration
    of Microphone Array Networks.” In <i>IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal
    Processing (SSP 2009)</i>, 257–60, 2009. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589">https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589</a>.
  ieee: 'M. Hennecke, T. Ploetz, G. A. Fink, J. Schmalenstroeer, and R. Haeb-Umbach,
    “A hierarchical approach to unsupervised shape calibration of microphone array
    networks,” in <i>IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP 2009)</i>,
    2009, pp. 257–260, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589">10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589</a>.'
  mla: Hennecke, Marius, et al. “A Hierarchical Approach to Unsupervised Shape Calibration
    of Microphone Array Networks.” <i>IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal
    Processing (SSP 2009)</i>, 2009, pp. 257–60, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589">10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589</a>.
  short: 'M. Hennecke, T. Ploetz, G.A. Fink, J. Schmalenstroeer, R. Haeb-Umbach, in:
    IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP 2009), 2009, pp. 257–260.'
date_created: 2019-07-12T05:28:37Z
date_updated: 2023-10-26T08:09:22Z
department:
- _id: '54'
doi: 10.1109/SSP.2009.5278589
keyword:
- acoustic sensing tasks
- array geometry
- calibration
- coherence analysis
- hierarchical procedure
- local shape calibration
- microphone array networks
- microphone arrays
- network calibration method
- sensor arrays
- SRP-PHAT
- unsupervised shape calibration
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2009/HePlFiScHa09.pdf
oa: '1'
page: 257-260
publication: IEEE/SP 15th Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing (SSP 2009)
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: A hierarchical approach to unsupervised shape calibration of microphone array
  networks
type: conference
user_id: '460'
year: '2009'
...