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Microphone Array

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Abstract

This chapter deals with microphone arrays. It is arranged according to the different methods available to proceed through the different problems and through the different mathematical methods. After discussing general properties of different array types, such as plane arrays, spherical arrays, or scanning arrays, it proceeds to the signal processing tools that are most used in speech processing. In the third section, backpropagating methods based on the Helmholtz–Kirchhoff integral are discussed, which result in spatial radiation patterns of vibrating bodies or air.

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Abbreviations

3-D:

three-dimensional

BEM:

boundary-element method

CNMAT:

Center for New Music and Audio Technologies

DOA:

direction of arrival

FEM:

finite-element method

GCC:

generalized cross-correlation

GISD:

generalized internal source density

HELS:

Helmholtz equation least squares

LCMV:

linear constraint minimum variance

MVDR:

minimum variance distortionless response

SNR:

signal-to-noise ratio

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Bader, R. (2014). Microphone Array. In: Rossing, T.D. (eds) Springer Handbook of Acoustics. Springer Handbooks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0755-7_29

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