microphone arrays
Acoustic monitoring has been a largely unexplored area of research. Typical observational research has been concentrated on visual monitoring involving cameras in areas such as face recognition and tracking. The main reason the acoustic monitoring project has become a priority is because MERL (Mitsubishi Electronics Research Laboratories) is interested in a joint effort to develop an entire microphone array system to be used in The Home Depot Smart Home for acoustic monitoring. This opportunity is the first that involves collaboration with another research lab which makes this project particularly interesting and necessary for theThe Home Depot Smart Home to expand its network of research.