Questions tagged [time-frequency]
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Plotting a scalogram of a signal's Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) in python
So I've been learning about wavelets for a few weeks because I'd like to use them in a research project I'm working on and I've been trying to grasp the general ideas behind them.I've been struggling ...
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Reconstruct signal from its Spectrogram only
The spectrogram of a signal throws away the phase information, but it is said to be possible to reconstruct the signal only from the spectrogram [1] via
$$s(t) = \frac{1}{2\pi s^*(0)}\int_{-\infty}^{\...
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Interpretation of instaneous time and instaneous frequency in time-frequency plane?
In this paper: Sparse time-frequency representations,
Given signal $x(t)$, the time-frequency representation was got by Gabor transform and was denoted by $\chi(t,\omega)=|\chi(t,\omega)|\exp(\mathrm{...
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Hints and helps to implement an accurate wavelet packet transfrom
I want to implement a Time-Freqency analysis by wavelet packets. I don't know what level and sampling rate should I use. I've tried different value for level(3,4,5,6,). but I couldn't get an accurate ...
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Instantaneous Frequency Estimation by Hilbert Transform - Theoretical Justification and Proof
I would like to better understand why the instantaneous frequency estimation by Hilbert transformation works (and especially why it doesn't work / lead to precise results in many cases).
The ...
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Ambiguity function volume
I find myself confused how two properties of the ambiguity function relate to one another.
The properties in question are (presented here from wikipedia, but similar formulas can be found in books by ...
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Random telegraphic noise and Lorentzian noise power spectral density
Following the example of the Lorentzian noise power spectral density shown above (ref), I would like to clarify the following:
In the first figure (labeled by (c)), May I please know why the constant ...
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Does anyone recognize this modulation?
I'm trying to extract the code of my garage remote, but i have some difficulty to find witch modulation has been used.
At first I thought it was a simple digital modulation, but there is some strange ...
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Selection of transforms, windows, wavelets for current signal analysis
I am new to this topic but I already read about the propperties of different signal analysis methods. I am stuck with the obvious advantages of FFT, STFT and Wavelet transforms but can't find good ...
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How to derivate in the frequency domain
I have two Time Domain functions, $f_1(t)$ and $f_2(t)$.
I have both Fourier Transforms, $F_1(\omega)$ and $F_2(\omega)$. Functions $f_1$ and $f_2$ are not independent and, in fact, $f_1$ is also a ...
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Vibration signal analysis of non-stationary movement
my task is to develop a condition monitoring system of a machine module. For that I am using the vibration sensors placed on the machine housing. I want to focus on only one module of the machine, a ...
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Does the instantaneous frequency contradict the uncertainty principle?
The uncertainty principle states that there is a trade off between time and frequency. So, finding frequency components at specific time is impossible. However, the instantaneous frequency measure the ...
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A mathematical justification of discontinuity detection using STFT
I'm trying to detect rapid changes in a one-dimensional signal say $[0,1]\ni t \mapsto f(t) \in [-1,1]$. By rapid changes, I mean corner points, edges, or sharp transitions at a point for example the ...
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Comparison of WVD vs STFT Spectral analysis in the presence of Noise
This question is an extension to the question about WVD vs STFT originally posted Here. During the QA it was pointed out that the WVD only works for noiseless signals.
To test that out I created a ...
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How to restore time domain signal after multiply cosine signal when cosine signal has unknown initial phase?
I use AD9954 as cosine signal generator,then use ad835 to multiply this cosine signal with antenna signal.
As ,the antenna signal frequency shifted after ad835,then ...
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Estimating Average HR from PPG sensor
I am reading Smartphone based Blood Pressure Monitoring via the Oscillometric Finger Pressing Method, which is trying to estimate blood pressure from a PPG sensor and a small applied force finger ...
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Time spans in coherence computation
Currently I'm writing my master thesis and I'm having troubles with coherence definition. My question is similar to https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/92412/clear-steps-to-calculate-coherence-...
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Bandpass filtering with passband changing with time
Is it possible to implement some sort of filter which adapts as a function of time?
Specifically, say I have a "noiseless" model of some signal which has the same frequency components at the same ...
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Power spectral density of a pulse
A little background: I am simulating the response of an antenna to a pulse. The pulse has a wide frequency range, but the antenna only responds to a fairly narrow frequency. I can extract voltage and ...
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How to sample a transfer function (angular spectrum) in the frequency domain?
I am having this problem in Fourier optics, where I am using the Angular spectrum method (a lti filter) to calculate the electric field at the required plane given ...
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For extracting the characteristics of the signal what minimum duration should be considered?
Being non signal processing student I have a limited understanding of concepts.
I have a continuous periodic bearing faulty signal of 10 seconds duration sampled at 12 kHz. So I have 120,000 ...
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Feature recognition within a single song
I want to write an algorithm in C++ which is capable of identifying specific features within a single song, e. g. the sound of a drum which is played 100 times during 5 min.
State of the project
So ...
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Dividing a signal in channels
I have a signal in time domain, and I have to convert it into frequency domain and divide it into 100 channels, and find the center frequency of each channel.
I am not good in "MATLAB" so how to do ...
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Time-frequency analysis
I had this question in the exam without any further explanation.
Why the time translation invariance is an important feature for time-frequency distributions?
I am writing to ask whether anyone can ...
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How can I get frequency information in wavelet?
I am working in image processing. I am confused while getting into wavelet. I applied the fft2() function on Lena image and I got frequency information for the same. But when I applied bior4.4, a ...
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Heisenberg boxes image for Matching Pursuit
I'm using the MATLAB algotirhm Matching Pursuit to obtain the Gabor atoms forming a signal.
But now I want to graph them in a "Heisenberg boxes" graph.
Does someone how if is there a function to graph ...
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Estimating The Time-delay using the Phase of the Cross- Correlation function
I am relatively new to time delay estimation. I am working on a project where I am estimating the time-delay from the phase of the cross-correlation function (CCF), since it is more reliable in ...
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Correct way to implement Discrete and Stationary Wavelet Transform?
Can someone please confirm if this is indeed the correct way to compute DWT:
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Variance of the Discrete Gabor Transform for practical implementation
When we design a discrete Gabor filter for a 1D signal, how do we determine the variance of the filter, depending on the time step of the signal? Is there any empirical theorem/result that we should ...
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Comparison channel impulse in DD and TF domains
How can I plot a similar comparison plot in Matlab?
My attempt
I have tried to create a random function like/ Matlab:
rand(M, N)
and then take SFFT of it
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Frequency Modulation - Demodulation - Distorted frequency shape
I am interested in the effect frequency modulation has on the signal.
I am using an acousto-optic deflector to steer a laser beam. The deflector receives a Radio-frequency (RF) signal (~100 MHz, sine-...
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How can I correctly illustrate the impact of a Fractional Fourier Transform on a signal's Wigner-Ville Distribution?
A linear frequency modulated chirp signal produces a Spectrogram and Wigner-Ville Distribution that look like this:
My understanding of the fractional Fourier transform is that it corresponds to a ...
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Value of getting frequency bands of FFT for EEG signals
I'm trying to analyze and extract some frequency domain features for a simple machine learning model from EEG signals.
I partitioned my data to 30s epochs and used np.fft to get the frequency and the (...
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overlap and save method) relation zero padding with double size FIR filter coefficient
i'm doing overlap and save method at frequency domain
to do this, i added one block back and forth at filter and signal respectly
The problem is
my filter is bessel function and that is look like this
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Gabor uncertainty and time-frequency resolution
I have a question about Gabor's uncertainty theorem, and how it relates to time and frequency resolutions.
As I understand it, Gabor's uncertainty theorem states that the standard deviations of a ...
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filtering large wiggles in signals
I am trying to filter out large wiggles showing in a signal. Those wiggles are happening due to many signal processing layers and a final sine Fourier transform (no phase)
Here's the python code i am ...
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How to interpret a break in linearity when performing detrended fluctuation analysis?
I have time series with 1048 values and when I perform detrended fluctuation analysis on this time series (using the windows or scales of 2^4 to ...
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Reconstructing signal from frames
Edit: Please treat code here as python-esque pseudo-code; it would syntactically fall closest to MATLAB or Python+numpy+scipy users.
If I have a signal in frames, and I want to put it back together - ...
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Calculating the spectrogram of the center of pressure time series in human standing balance
I have some biomechanical data of a few subjects standing on a force plate. The center of pressure along the x and y axes was measured. The total time of measurement was 30s and the sampling frequency ...
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Time Frequency bin
I am doing research in audio signal processing for DOA estimation. I came across the term Time-Frequency bin. I have gone through several articles but none of them specify a TF bin rather it specifies ...
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How to tell, which coefficient corresponds to which frequency while computing wavelet transform?
I am applying wavelet transform on functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) signal.
My aim is to get the info that which coefficient corresponds to which frequency in the signal. Is it possible ...
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CWT coefficients as features for ML algorithms
I use CWT coefficients as features in ML algorithms and then I did the feature selection using the chi-square test but recently I figured out that the chi-square test can only be applied for ...
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How to choose notch frequencies for filtering line noise?
I'm using the function to filter out line noise at 60 Hz (and 120, 180 Hz) caused by electrical noise: ecogNotch
In the case below I can effectively filter out the line noise with a notch filter at ...
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Any examples of analysis in time domain to extact information
I am sending a 20Khz signal from my phone and capturing all the signals while doing exercise above it. Here I have a signal of a person doing "hand scissors exercise"
I am doing analysis on how many ...
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How accurate is Wavelet packet decomposition for emg signals with frequencies from 10 to 40 Hz?
I have an electromyographic signal sampled at a frequency between 10 and 40 Hz in a time window of 300ms. Is wavelet packet decomposition adequate in order to perform features extraction for ...
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Variation of Pulse width with center frequency in Pulse Compression technique
Assume a chirp with BW = 1 Hz (frequency range 0-1 Hz) for a period of 700 sec. The pulse compression technique (obtained through auto correlation function) applied on the chirp generates a pulse ...
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pattern recognition in a time series
I understand that the question I am asking seem the be somewhat related to another question which has been asked already.
But I feel that this is an entirely different question.
I have a huge (over ...
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For discrete signals, why does phase change not correspond to time shift?
I'm going through a Signal Processing lecture where the professor mentions this fact and the argument given is:
Suppose you have a sinusoidal signal: $Acos(\omega t)$
Now if you change the phase of ...
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Frequency and time marginals of STFT and Wigner-Ville Distribution
I want to compare time and frequency marginals of Wigner-Ville distribution and STFT. I can calculate WVD's marginals by simple sum operation since WVD is real. But I could not figure out how to deal ...
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Fast Fourier Transform and Clustering of Time Series
I'm making a project connected with identifying dynamic of sales. That's how the piece of my database looks like:
There are free columns:
Product - present the group of product
Week - time since ...