Identifying the direction from which sound comes involves the use of
an apparatus (receiver) that receives multiple sounds. When two receivers are
installed as shown in the figure, the time for each receiver to receive a sound
differs depending on the direction from which the sound comes. This difference
in the time (t2 - t1) and direction
of the sound arrival (θ) can be expressed as
using the
installation interval (d) between receiver ① and receiver ②.
Since there are two values of θ that satisfy this condition,
the direction of sound arrival can be determined by installing two additional
receivers and measuring the difference in time.