Kalman Filter-based and Semblance-based methods for Blind Source Separation
The Blind Source Separation (BSS) is a well-known problem in signal processing and still receives attention from the scientific community given its applicability in many different areas. The usage of the Kalman Filter, a classic state estimation tool, have been explored as a solution to the BSS problem, as an additional step to separation algorithms or in a parameter estimator approach. Recent works show the development of a beamformer for source separation based on the semblanceTDOA algorithm, in the convolutive mixture context, which could be improved by taking advantage of the Kalman filter formulation. This work presents a theoretical background overview of the BSS problem and formulation, and the theory andapplication of the kalman filter in source separation as a parameter estimator, as wellas simulation results. The results of the semblance beamformer for source separationare also presented, and the perspectives of developing the kalman filter formulationfor source separation and semblance beamformer are discussed.