A Low-Cost Acoustic Array for Detecting and Tracking Small RC Aircraft

Author

Zelnio, Anne M. ; Case, Ellen E. ; Rigling, Brian D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH

fYear

2009

fDate

4-7 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

125

Abstract

The goal of this project was to create an inexpensive array with dynamically placed microphones that could detect and locate broadband sources in the far-field through algorithms for array calibration and beamforming. Post-beamforming signal processing algorithms for target detection and tracking were also investigated. Experiments performed using remote controlled airplanes in an open field demonstrated favorable results.

Keywords

aircraft control; array signal processing; object detection; target tracking; telecontrol; array calibration; broadband source detection; low-cost acoustic array; microphones; post-beamforming signal processing; small RC aircraft detection; small RC aircraft tracking; target detection; target tracking; Acoustic arrays; Acoustic signal detection; Aircraft; Airplanes; Array signal processing; Calibration; Microphone arrays; Object detection; Signal processing algorithms; Target tracking; acoustic array; beamforming; data association; gaussian detection; tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Signal Processing Workshop and 5th IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, 2009. DSP/SPE 2009. IEEE 13th

Conference_Location

Marco Island, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3677-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3677-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DSP.2009.4785907

Filename

4785907