The invention discloses a sound source position and frequency joint characterization method in acoustic imaging, and belongs to the field of
microphone array
signal processing, and the method comprises the steps: collecting
time domain data through a
microphone array, converting the
time domain data into a plurality of sub-band data through short-time
Fourier transform, and constructing an observation model; establishing a sparse Bayesian learning model based on the observation model, performing probability modeling on
noise and signals, and setting prior distribution; utilizing array data to iteratively update
model parameters until convergence; acquiring a position-frequency
energy matrix according to the convergence parameter; a sound source position is determined according to a non-zero line in the position-frequency
energy matrix, a frequency sequence is generated for the sound source position, a joint visual graph in a concentric circle or
contour line form is constructed, each geometric layer corresponds to a sub-band, and a visual attribute represents an energy amplitude; and finally, superposing the visual graph and the
video image. According to the invention, joint visual display of the sound source position and the frequency is realized, and
frequency characteristic monitoring and sound source distinguishing are supported.