Towards Robot Audition

Citation

Smith L (2004) Towards Robot Audition. In: Ilg U, Bulthoff H & Mallot H (eds.) Dynamic Perception: Workshop of the GI Section "Computer Vision", Eberhard Karls University Tubingen, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tubingen, November 2004. Dynamic Perception: Workshop of the GI Section "Computer Vision", November 2004, Tubingen, Germany. Berlin: IOS Press, pp. 15-20.

Abstract
We discuss biologically inspired techniques for processing sound with a view to solving the what and where tasks. Starting from an auditorynerve like representation, we discuss an onset grouping technique for determining when to compute interaural time and intensity differences, and hence find the direction (where) of the source even in the presence of reflections. We have not yet implemented the what task, and we discuss some possible strategies.