Bioacoustic Systems: Insights For Acoustical Imaging And Pattern Recognition

Richard A. Altes

doi:10.1117/12.940249

10 September 1987 Bioacoustic Systems: Insights For Acoustical Imaging And Pattern Recognition

Richard A. Altes

Proceedings Volume 0768, Pattern Recognition and Acoustical Imaging; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940249
Event: International Symposium on Pattern Recognition and Acoustical Imaging, 1987, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Standard performance measures and statistical tests must be altered for research on animal sonar. The narrowband range-Doppler ambiguity function must be redefined to analyze wideband signals. A new range, cross-range ambiguity function is needed to represent angle estimation and spatial resolution properties of animal sonar systems. Echoes are transformed into time-frequency (spectrogram-like) representations by the peripheral auditory system. Detection, estimation, and pattern recognition capabilities of animals should thus be analyzed in terms of operations on spectrograms. The methods developed for bioacoustic research yield new insights into the design of man-made imaging and pattern recognition systems. The range, cross-range ambiguity function can be used to improve imaging performance. Important features for echo pattern recognition are illustrated by time-frequency plots showing (i) principal components for spectrograms and (ii) templates for optimum discrimination between data classes.

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Richard A. Altes "Bioacoustic Systems: Insights For Acoustical Imaging And Pattern Recognition", Proc. SPIE 0768, Pattern Recognition and Acoustical Imaging, (10 September 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940249

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