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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Todd Martin Schultz, Seattle, WA (US);
James Robert Underbrink, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/80 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/80 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2201/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining a direction of arrival of an acoustic event of interest that arrives at an array. Data acquired from the array is received. A portion of the data that represents an acoustic signature for the acoustic event of interest is identified. An azimuth angle may be computed for an acoustic event using the portion of the data identified. An elevation angle for the acoustic event is computed using a beamforming process customized based on the azimuth angle computed.