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PANDAA: A Physical Arrangement Detection Technique for Networked Devices through Ambient-Sound Awareness

Zheng Sun, Carnegie Mellon University
Aveek Purohit, Carnegie Mellon University
Philippe De Wagter, Carnegie Mellon University
Irina Brinster, Carnegie Mellon University
Chorom Hamm, Carnegie Mellon University
Pei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

This demo presents PANDAA, a zero-configuration automatic spatial localization technique for networked devices based on ambient sound sensing. We will demonstrate that after initial placement of the devices, ambient sounds, such as human speech, music, footsteps, finger snaps, hand claps, or coughs and sneezes, can be used to autonomously resolve the spatial relative arrangement of devices, such as mobile phones, using trigonometric bounds and successive approximation.

Suggested Citation

Zheng Sun, Aveek Purohit, Philippe De Wagter, Irina Brinster, Chorom Hamm, and Pei Zhang. "PANDAA: A Physical Arrangement Detection Technique for Networked Devices through Ambient-Sound Awareness" ACM SIGCOMM 2011 (2011).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zhengs/8