Adaptive synchrosqueezing based on a quilted short-time Fourier transform

Alexander Berrian; Naoki Saito

doi:10.1117/12.2271186

24 August 2017 Adaptive synchrosqueezing based on a quilted short-time Fourier transform

Alexander Berrian, Naoki Saito

Proceedings Volume 10394, Wavelets and Sparsity XVII; 1039420 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271186
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In recent years, the synchrosqueezing transform (SST) has gained popularity as a method for the analysis of signals that can be broken down into multiple components determined by instantaneous amplitudes and phases. One such version of SST, based on the short-time Fourier transform (STFT), enables the sharpening of instantaneous frequency (IF) information derived from the STFT, as well as the separation of amplitude-phase components corresponding to distinct IF curves. However, this SST is limited by the time-frequency resolution of the underlying window function, and may not resolve signals exhibiting diverse time-frequency behaviors with sufficient accuracy. In this work, we develop a framework for an SST based on a “quilted" short-time Fourier transform (SST-QSTFT), which allows adaptation to signal behavior in separate time-frequency regions through the use of multiple windows. This motivates us to introduce a discrete reassignment frequency formula based on a finite difference of the phase spectrum, ensuring computational accuracy for a wider variety of windows. We develop a theoretical framework for the SST-QSTFT in both the continuous and the discrete settings, and describe an algorithm for the automatic selection of optimal windows depending on the region of interest. Using synthetic data, we demonstrate the superior numerical performance of SST-QSTFT relative to other SST methods in a noisy context. Finally, we apply SST-QSTFT to audio recordings of animal calls to demonstrate the potential of our method for the analysis of real bioacoustic signals.

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Alexander Berrian and Naoki Saito "Adaptive synchrosqueezing based on a quilted short-time Fourier transform", Proc. SPIE 10394, Wavelets and Sparsity XVII, 1039420 (24 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271186

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