Mechanism of a mini-instrument for sound source localization
Qingsheng Wang ;Zhushi Rao; Na Ta
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State Key Laboratory of Mechanical system and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240
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2009-03-13
2009-07-06
2010-04-25
Issue Date
2010-04-25
Abstract
Sound source localization is always of great value in many engineering applications. In these types of localization appliances, several microphone transducers are usually involved in the localization structures. Each of the time-domain response of these microphones under the incident sound stimulus is determined individually and sent to the arithmetic-logic sections immediately by which the localization systems could find out positions of the sound sources subsequently. But these appliances always consist of many components, and the looseness of structures of them may narrow their practical applications. In this paper, a new type of instrument is designed to accomplish the purpose of localizing the sound source by a relatively compact structure. This bionic structure is designed to mimic the localization function of the ears of the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea, and it consists of three elastic diaphragms, three bars which connected to the diaphragms, and the other mechanical components. The analysis of this structure’s dynamic behavior shows that the incident angles of the sound have special relationship to the responses of this instrument, and the incident angles can be estimated by detecting the vibrations of the three elastic diaphragms. Compared with traditional microphone arrays, this instrument has the advantage of compaction and higher integrated level.
Qingsheng Wang;Zhushi Rao;Na Ta.
Mechanism of a mini-instrument for sound source localization[J]. Journal of Vibration and Shock, 2010, 29(4): 122-129,