Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment

© 2018 IEEE. Broadband beamformers are known to be sensitive not only to mismatches in microphone characteristics but also in the acoustic environment. In this work, we propose a robust broadband beamformer design using weighted least square optimization technique, which takes into account the room...

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Main Authors: Nahma, L., Dam, Hai Huyen Heidi, Nordholm, Sven
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74462
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Dam, Hai Huyen Heidi
Nordholm, Sven
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description © 2018 IEEE. Broadband beamformers are known to be sensitive not only to mismatches in microphone characteristics but also in the acoustic environment. In this work, we propose a robust broadband beamformer design using weighted least square optimization technique, which takes into account the room reverberation as well as the mismatches in microphone gain and phase characteristics. The robust design procedure optimize the mean performance of the beamformer with the room impulse response estimated using the image source method. Design examples demonstrate performance improvement in terms of significant reduction in error sensitivity for the robust design formulation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-744622019-02-19T04:26:53Z Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment Nahma, L. Dam, Hai Huyen Heidi Nordholm, Sven © 2018 IEEE. Broadband beamformers are known to be sensitive not only to mismatches in microphone characteristics but also in the acoustic environment. In this work, we propose a robust broadband beamformer design using weighted least square optimization technique, which takes into account the room reverberation as well as the mismatches in microphone gain and phase characteristics. The robust design procedure optimize the mean performance of the beamformer with the room impulse response estimated using the image source method. Design examples demonstrate performance improvement in terms of significant reduction in error sensitivity for the robust design formulation. 2018 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74462 10.1109/IWAENC.2018.8521248 restricted
spellingShingle Nahma, L.
Dam, Hai Huyen Heidi
Nordholm, Sven
Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
title Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
title_full Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
title_fullStr Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
title_full_unstemmed Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
title_short Robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
title_sort robust beamformer design against mismatch in microphone characteristics and acoustic environment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74462