3D room geometry estimation from measured impulse responses

Estimation of the room geometry from spatial room impulse responses is studied. An algorithm for estimating the geometry is presented. The algorithm does not require any a priori information on the room shape, number of walls, or order of the reflections, but deduces the set of planes that explain the measured source and image-source locations and covariances iteratively. The algorithm is demonstrated with real data experiments.

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