Imaging concert hall acoustics using visual and audio cameras

Using a recently developed real time audio camera, that uses the output of a spherical microphone array beamformer steered in all directions to create central projection to create acoustic intensity images, we present a technique to measure the acoustics of rooms and halls. A panoramic mosaiced visual image of the space is also create. Since both the visual and the audio camera images are central projection, registration of the acquired audio and video images can be performed using standard computer vision techniques. We describe the technique, and apply it to the examine the relation between acoustical features and architectural details of the Dekelbaum concert hall at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, MD.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICASSP
• Authors: Adam O'Donovan, Ramani Duraiswami, Dmitry N. Zotkin
• Keywords: Audio Camera, Central Projection, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, ICASSP 2008, Signal Processing