Robust Phase Replication Method FOR SPATIAL ALIASING PROBLEM IN MULTIPLE SOUND SOURCES LOCALIZATION

0.  摘要

大部分多通道声源DOA估计算法遭受空域混叠问题。当频率超过混叠频率，会产生IPD卷绕问题。使得DOA估计产生较大误差。本文提出一种实时的算法解决IPD卷绕问题。算法分为两步，

In the first step, the obtained IPDs are replicated to all the possible 2π-periodic repetitions, thus performing the correct unwrapping while introducing errors inevitably. However, the replication can also emphasize the correct DOAs of the sources when the replicated matrix is transformed into a histogram.
The second step contains a post-processing method supporting our  method more robust for a noisy environment. 

1. 介绍

空间混叠在窄带声源定位领域是一大难题。空域混叠频率和麦克风间距和声源的入射角有关。避免 空域混叠的方法有两种，一是减小麦克风间距，一是相位解卷绕。

相位解卷绕算法可以分为三类：Firstly, sequential unwrapping algorithms。These methods process the phase samples sequentially along the frequency axis. Secondly, there are algorithms
which apply multi-stage schemes assisted by subband decomposition for suppressing aliasing components. Thirdly, in  our previous work [20] we introduced a method that first estimates
the aliasing frequency based on the autocorrelation of the wrapped IPDs. IPDs are then unwrapped, and several post-processing steps  are performed to compensate potential unwrapping errors.

2. 问题定义

传统的方法通过估计不同麦克风的Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA, Δt)来进行声源定位。

第i频点的 IPD和TDOA的关系如下式：

远场场景,声波为平面波，IPD和DOA的关系如下式；

针对窄带： 

针对宽带： 

3. 本文提出方法

3.1. IPD matrix replication

3.2. Theoretical analysis