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_id: '11927'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Maximizing the output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a sensor array in the
presence of spatially colored noise leads to a generalized eigenvalue problem.
While this approach has extensively been employed in narrowband (antenna) array
beamforming, it is typically not used for broadband (microphone) array beamforming
due to the uncontrolled amount of speech distortion introduced by a narrowband
SNR criterion. In this paper, we show how the distortion of the desired signal
can be controlled by a single-channel post-filter, resulting in a performance
comparable to the generalized minimum variance distortionless response beamformer,
where arbitrary transfer functions relate the source and the microphones. Results
are given both for directional and diffuse noise. A novel gradient ascent adaptation
algorithm is presented, and its good convergence properties are experimentally
revealed by comparison with alternatives from the literature. A key feature of
the proposed beamformer is that it operates blindly, i.e., it neither requires
knowledge about the array geometry nor an explicit estimation of the transfer
functions from source to sensors or the direction-of-arrival.
author:
- first_name: Ernst
full_name: Warsitz, Ernst
last_name: Warsitz
- first_name: Reinhold
full_name: Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
id: '242'
last_name: Haeb-Umbach
citation:
ama: Warsitz E, Haeb-Umbach R. Blind Acoustic Beamforming Based on Generalized Eigenvalue
Decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing.
2007;15(5):1529-1539. doi:10.1109/TASL.2007.898454
apa: Warsitz, E., & Haeb-Umbach, R. (2007). Blind Acoustic Beamforming Based
on Generalized Eigenvalue Decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech,
and Language Processing, 15(5), 1529–1539. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASL.2007.898454
bibtex: '@article{Warsitz_Haeb-Umbach_2007, title={Blind Acoustic Beamforming Based
on Generalized Eigenvalue Decomposition}, volume={15}, DOI={10.1109/TASL.2007.898454},
number={5}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing},
author={Warsitz, Ernst and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold}, year={2007}, pages={1529–1539}
}'
chicago: 'Warsitz, Ernst, and Reinhold Haeb-Umbach. “Blind Acoustic Beamforming
Based on Generalized Eigenvalue Decomposition.” IEEE Transactions on Audio,
Speech, and Language Processing 15, no. 5 (2007): 1529–39. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASL.2007.898454.'
ieee: E. Warsitz and R. Haeb-Umbach, “Blind Acoustic Beamforming Based on Generalized
Eigenvalue Decomposition,” IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language
Processing, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 1529–1539, 2007.
mla: Warsitz, Ernst, and Reinhold Haeb-Umbach. “Blind Acoustic Beamforming Based
on Generalized Eigenvalue Decomposition.” IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech,
and Language Processing, vol. 15, no. 5, 2007, pp. 1529–39, doi:10.1109/TASL.2007.898454.
short: E. Warsitz, R. Haeb-Umbach, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language
Processing 15 (2007) 1529–1539.
date_created: 2019-07-12T05:30:57Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:51:12Z
department:
- _id: '54'
doi: 10.1109/TASL.2007.898454
intvolume: ' 15'
issue: '5'
keyword:
- acoustic signal processing
- arbitrary transfer function
- array signal processing
- blind acoustic beamforming
- direction-of-arrival
- direction-of-arrival estimation
- eigenvalues and eigenfunctions
- generalized eigenvalue decomposition
- gradient ascent adaptation algorithm
- microphone arrays
- microphones
- narrowband array beamforming
- sensor array
- single-channel post-filter
- spatially colored noise
- transfer functions
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/nt/pubs/2007/WaHa07.pdf
oa: '1'
page: 1529-1539
publication: IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing
status: public
title: Blind Acoustic Beamforming Based on Generalized Eigenvalue Decomposition
type: journal_article
user_id: '44006'
volume: 15
year: '2007'
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