A Local Dominance Based Single Source Points Detector for Mixing Matrix Estimation

In this paper, a single source points (SSPs) detection method based on local dominance is devised for mixing matrix estimation in underdetermined blind source separation (UBSS). In the proposed detector, time-frequency (TF) points of mixed signals are firstly divided into different groups, and the local covariance matrix of each group is calculated. Taking advantage of the local dominance property, the groups with rank-one local covariance matrices are then identified as single source groups, i.e., the TF points of mixed signals in single source groups are regarded as SSPs. Finally, the obtained SSPs are clustered by the hierarchical clustering algorithm to achieve mixing matrix estimation. Simulations with real audio sources show that the proposed method yields competitive robustness, efficiency and effectiveness, in comparison with the traditional methods.