Title :
Robust beamforming under uncertainties in the loudspeakers directivity pattern
Author :
Bianchi, Luigi ; Magalotti, R. ; Antonacci, F. ; Sarti, A. ; Tubaro, S.
Author_Institution :
Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a robust beamforming technique which takes into account uncertainties and variations in the radiation pattern of the loudspeakers. The proposed technique is based on the solution of a robust least-square problem in which the propagation matrix is to some extent unknown. Both simulations and experimental results prove the validity of the proposed methodology in terms of directivity index and white noise gain.
Keywords :
array signal processing; least squares approximations; loudspeakers; white noise; directivity index; least-square problem; loudspeaker directivity pattern; loudspeaker radiation pattern; robust beamforming technique; white noise gain; Acoustics; Array signal processing; Arrays; Loudspeakers; Microphones; Robustness; Uncertainty; Loudspeaker array; radiation pattern; regularization; robust beamforming; robust least-squares;
Conference_Titel :
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
DOI :
10.1109/ICASSP.2014.6854443