Spectral Biomimetic Technique for Wood Classification Inspired by Human Echolocation

Palatal clicks are most interesting for human echolocation. Moreover, these sounds are suitable for other acoustic applications due to their regular mathematical properties and reproducibility. Simple and nondestructive techniques, bioinspired by synthetized pulses whose form reproduces the best fea...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Advances in Acoustics and Vibration 2012-01, Vol.2012 (2012), p.250-257
Main Authors: Rojas, Juan Antonio Martinez, Pena, Santiago Vignote, Hermosilla, Jesus Alpuente, Montero, Rocio Sanchez, Espi, Pablo Luis Lopez, Rojas, Isaac Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic properties
Acoustics
Biomimetics
Classification
Echolocation (Physiology)
Human
Mathematical analysis
Methods
Reproducibility
Spectra
Vibration
Wood
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Palatal clicks are most interesting for human echolocation. Moreover, these sounds are suitable for other acoustic applications due to their regular mathematical properties and reproducibility. Simple and nondestructive techniques, bioinspired by synthetized pulses whose form reproduces the best features of palatal clicks, can be developed. The use of synthetic palatal pulses also allows detailed studies of the real possibilities of acoustic human echolocation without the problems associated with subjective individual differences. These techniques are being applied to the study of wood. As an example, a comparison of the performance of both natural and synthetic human echolocation to identify three different species of wood is presented. The results show that human echolocation has a vast potential.
ISSN:1687-6261
1687-627X
1687-6261
DOI:10.1155/2012/378361