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Sound localization in the presence of multiple reflections using a binaurally integrated
1Center for Cognition Communication and Culture (CCC), School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA braasj@rpi.edu.
Abstract:
A precedence effect model is described that can use a binaural signal to robustly localize a sound source in the presence of multiple reflections for the frontal horizontal plane. The model also estimates a room impulse response from a running binaural signal and determines the spatial locations and delays of early reflections, without any prior or additional knowledge of the source. A dual-layer cross-correlation/auto-correlation algorithm is used to determine the interaural time difference of the direct sound source component and to estimate a binaural activity pattern.
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