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    Area of Science:

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Computer Vision
    • Acoustics

    Background:

    • Existing sound source localization methods prioritize performance over cross-modal interaction.
    • Current benchmarks and evaluations neglect the importance of audio-visual semantic understanding for interactive tasks.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To comprehensively analyze cross-modal interaction in sound source localization.
    • To propose novel methods, benchmarks, and evaluation metrics for interactive sound source localization.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a learning framework with retrieval-based and hand-crafted augmentation for enhanced cross-modal alignment.
    • Introduced new evaluation metrics focusing on both localization and cross-modal interaction.
    • Created a new semi-synthetic benchmark for diverse interactive sound source localization analysis.

    Main Results:

    • Previous methods exhibit limited cross-modal interaction, hindering interactive sound source localization performance.
    • The proposed method demonstrates superior sound source localization and cross-modal interaction capabilities.
    • New benchmarks and metrics reveal significant limitations in existing approaches.

    Conclusions:

    • Cross-modal interaction is critical for effective interactive sound source localization.
    • The proposed framework, benchmark, and metrics offer a more rigorous evaluation of sound source localization methods.
    • Enhanced cross-modal alignment is key to advancing interactive sound source localization research.