I am new to this project this year for my 2 capstone semesters. The first thing I did was talk with my new group members and find out more about the project them I already knew. I then helped the team pick out goals “project specifications” for the semester that we will complete and we divided the tasks up for group of people and delegated some to certain group members that wanted to do them. Below here is what we came up with for the semester. Also below Is a sketch of what the project might look like when it is done.
After the Project goals were decided on they got marked up and we tweaked them to fit better what is achievable for the semester. I then did some digging into the components that are team has already and what process were found last year to see where to start. I found the camera and the microphones which we will use for testing and taking in video and audio inputs. I talked with a audiologist on how the ears and hearing aids find where audio is coming from and how it is located. based on some of the findings I started looking for some open source audio software that I can analyze sound inputs by looking at the amplitude and time variance of the inputs. Audiometer, Audacity, and reaper were used to take in inputs from the microphones that we have to do testing and get audio samples. The Microphones were clipped the the sides of the glasses while there was talking and clapping being done for the audio sample now we are in the process of analyzing the sound to find a method to localize the input location. we are taking the amplitude of the signal/ sound and the time variance and finding what will be the better option if we cant use both. Below is one of the audio programs that was used for audio input.
I have also downloaded a linix virtual environment to work on programing that can be used with the GitHub.
For next week I want be able to find more into how to analyze the sound faster and find a way to split the Audio inputs into two while still being able to watch the input. I also want to be able to analyze it live rather then watching a prerecorded input. One more thing I would like to do If there is time is to formulate a plan on how the sound will be located with either the amplitude or time difference. The Concerns I have are slim but they are finding the correct program to use that will work in the linix environment.