Section: Application Domains

Acoustic scene capture

Acoustic fields carry much information about audio sources (musical instruments, speakers, etc.) and their environment (e.g., church acoustics differ much from office room acoustics). A particular challenge is to capture as much information from a complete 3D+t acoustic field associated with an audio scene, using as few sensors as possible. The feasibility of compressive sensing to address this challenge was shown in certain scenarii, and the actual implementation of this framework will potentially impact practical scenarii such as remote surveillance to detect abnormal events, e.g. for health care of the elderly or public transport surveillance.