Simulation of Human Ear Recognition Sound Direction Based on Convolutional Neural Network

• Main Authors: Wang Zhuhe, Li Nan, Wu Tao, Zhang Haoxuan, Feng Tao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2020-07-01
• Series: Journal of Intelligent Systems
• Subjects: convolutional neural network; simulated human head; dual-channel raw data; gcc; probability distributions
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2019-0250

In recent years, more and more people are applying Convolutional Neural Networks to the study of sound signals. The main reason is the translational invariance of convolution in time and space. Thereby the diversity of the sound signal can be overcome. However, in terms of sound direction recognition, there are also problems such as a microphone matrix being too large, and feature selection. This paper proposes a sound direction recognition using a simulated human head with microphones at both ears. Theoretically, the two microphones cannot distinguish the front and rear directions. However, we use the original data of the two channels as the input of the convolutional neural network, and the resolution effect can reach more than 0.9. For comparison, we also chose the delay feature (GCC) for sound direction recognition. Finally, we also conducted experiments that used probability distributions to identify more directions.