Detecting sound sources in a physical space-of-interest is challenging due to strong ego-noise from micro aerial vehicles (MAVs)′ propeller units, which is both wideband and non-stationary. The present subject matter discloses a system and method for acoustic source localization with aerial drones. In an embodiment, a wideband acoustic signal is received from an aerial drone. Further, the wideband acoustic signal is splitted into multiple narrow sub-bands having cells. Moreover, from a measurement position corresponding to each of the multiple narrow sub-bands, power in each of the cells is measured by forming a beam to each of the cells. In addition, intra-band and inter measurement fusion of the measured power at each of the cells is performed. Also, geo-location of an acoustic source corresponding to the wideband acoustic signal is identified upon performing intra-band and inter measurement fusion of the measured power.
SYSTEM METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC SOURCE LOCALIZATION WITH AERIAL DRONES
2019-01-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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