A wireless acoustic array system for binaural loudness evaluation in cities

Networks of acoustic sensors are being deployed in smart cities to continuously monitor noise levels. In this paper, a novel acoustic sensor device is designed for binaural loudness evaluation, in a standalone platform. The audio is acquired from an array of microphones and a binaural signal is synt...

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Autores: Noriega Linares, Juan Emilio, Rodriguez Mayol, Alberto, Cobos, Maximo, Segura Garcia, Jaume, Felici Castell, Santiago, Navarro Ruiz, Juan Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)
Repositorio:RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/9350
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10952/9350
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks
Acoustics
Binaural loudness
Psycho-acoustic
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Sumario:Networks of acoustic sensors are being deployed in smart cities to continuously monitor noise levels. In this paper, a novel acoustic sensor device is designed for binaural loudness evaluation, in a standalone platform. The audio is acquired from an array of microphones and a binaural signal is synthesized by a direction-of-arrival algorithm and a head-related transfer function. Hardware setup and software algorithms are presented and the results are discussed. Finally, the tests conducted in an early deployment show the feasibility of using the device to carry out large temporal and spatial sampling for the evaluation of binaural loudness.