Sound Locator

We use TDOA technology to help you record meetings easily and more efficiently

What is So-Lo?

So-Lo is a sound locating video recorder. So-Lo uses TDOA technology to determenine the location of a sound source thus allowing an automatated camera to focus only on the speaker during a meeting. . The system is a device placed in the middle of the table which is surrounded by an array of microphones

How Does So-Lo work ?

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Sound detection

An array of three microphones detects the sound

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Angle Calculation

A custom software the use time difference of arrival to determine the angle from which the sound is coming from

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Video Recording

A camera mounted on a rotating platform, record and save the video data on an SD card

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The Team

Suzet Nkwaya (EE)

Sound Detection and processing

Dan-Michael Tiamzon (EE)

Interrupt System set-up

Ming Shuai Chen (CSE)

Angle Calculation Algorithm

Andy Weng (CSE)

Motor Control software

Documents

PDR Slides MDR Slides MDR Report CDR Slides FPR Slides FPR Report Demo Day Poster Demo Video