Research Article

Spectral Biomimetic Technique for Wood Classification Inspired by Human Echolocation

Table 1

Summary of acoustic parameters of synthetic pulses from three different wood species.

Wood Acoustic parameters (mean ± standard deviation)
T(ms) NMax MaxWA (n.u.) MinWA (n.u.)

Chestnut 1 6 . 7 2 ± 0 . 3 0 3 9 . 0 ± 1 . 7 0 . 0 7 0 ± 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 1 0 ± 0 . 0 0 0
Cherry 1 7 . 1 3 ± 0 . 2 6 3 9 . 2 ± 0 . 5 0 . 0 7 0 ± 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 1 0 ± 0 . 0 0 0
Maple 1 7 . 0 8 ± 0 . 4 6 3 5 . 8 ± 0 . 8 0 . 0 6 0 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 1 0 0 ± 0 . 0 0 0

𝑇 : time duration; 𝑁 Max: number of maxima; MaxWA: maximum wave amplitude (normalized units); MinWA: minimum wave amplitude (normalized units).