An Integrated Framework for Field Recording, Localization, Classification and Annotation of Birdsongs Using Robot Audition Techniques - Harkbird 2.0

S. Sumitani, R. Suzuki, N. Chiba, S. Matsubayashi, T. Arita, K. Nakadai, H. G. Okuno

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Abstract

Bird vocalizations are one of the important subjects in ecoacoustics because birds communicate diversely using various vocalizations such as songs and calls. We have developed a portable system, HARKBird to provide a basic function, i.e., birdsong localization, which automatically extracts sound sources and their direction of arrivals (DOA) using robot audition techniques based on HARK. In this paper, we introduce HARKBird 2.0 which is empowered for higher understanding of birdsongs. A new soundscape annotation tool for localization results is enhanced by an interactive interface for song classification based on an unsupervised feature mapping t-SNE. We show that HARKBird 2.0 provides bird researchers with an integrated framework to analyze spatio-spectro-temporal dynamics of birdsongs using the song analysis of Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2019 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages8246-8250
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479981311
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 May
Event44th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2019 - Brighton, United Kingdom
Duration: 2019 May 122019 May 17

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume2019-May
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference44th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBrighton
Period19/5/1219/5/17

Keywords

  • birdsong
  • Ecoacoustics
  • HARK
  • robot audition
  • sound classification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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