Patent ID: 8988970
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G01S,G10L,H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for processing of spatially distributed signals, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sensor unit and a computational unit operatively coupled to said sensor unit for a dynamical processing of a plurality of signals registered at said sensor unit, wherein each of said plurality of signals received at said computational unit includes embedded therein spatial information corresponding to directions of propagation of said plurality of signals; and (b) dynamically processing said plurality of signals by said computational unit through the steps of: (c) dynamically computing, by said computational unit, a real-time dynamical spatial distribution of said plurality of signals in a dynamically changing space of interest based substantially on azimuth and elevation information contained in said spatial information embedded in said each signal arriving at said sensor unit, and (d) dynamically finding at least a first and at least a second signals originating at said at least one signal source by dynamically calculating, substantially in real-time, a similarity measure for said plurality of signals presented in said real-time dynamical spatial distribution based on said azimuth and elevation information, and attributing said at least first signal and said at least second signal from said plurality thereof presented in said real-time dynamical spatial distribution to said at least one signal source of interest based on said real-time similarity measure for dynamically combining said at least one first and second signals into an output deverberated signal with desired characteristics, said output dereverberated signal being correlated to said at least one signal source of interest.