Abstract
We propose an approach to binaural detection, localization and segregation of speech based on pitch and azimuth cues. We formulate the problem as a search through a multisource state space across time, where each multisource state encodes the number of active sources, and the azimuth and pitch of each active source. A set of multilayer perceptrons are trained to assign time-frequency units to one of the active sources in each multisource state based jointly on observed pitch and azimuth cues. We develop a novel hidden Markov model framework to estimate the most probable path through the multisource state space. An estimated state path encodes a solution to the detection, localization, pitch estimation and simultaneous organization problems. Segregation is then achieved with an azimuth-based sequential organization stage. We demonstrate that the proposed framework improves segregation relative to several two-microphone comparison systems that are based solely on azimuth cues. Performance gains are consistent across a variety of reverberant conditions.
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