Time of arrival disambiguation using the linear Radon transform

Abstract

Echo labeling, the challenging task of assigning acoustic reflections to image sources, is equivalent to the highly-important disambiguation task in room geometry inference. A method using the Radon transform, an image processing tool, is proposed to address this challenge. The method relies on acoustic wavefront detection in room impulse response stacks, obtained with a uniform linear array of loudspeakers and one microphone. We show in our experiments that the proposed method can both label and detect echoes.