System for localization of sound sources

A sound or vibration source localization system, comprising:

• a plurality of slave units, each comprising
• an RF receiver arranged to receive a time synchronization signal,
• a microphone and/or a vibration sensor,
• a recording system arranged to store a time sequence of an audio and/or vibration signal captured by the microphone and/or vibration sensor time aligned with the time synchronization signal, and
• an RF transmitter arranged to transmit a data packet indicative of the time sequence over an RF link along with a time stamp and an identification codes;
• and
• a master unit comprising
• an RF transmitter to transmit a time synchronization signals to the plurality of slave units,
• an RF receiver arranged to receive data packets indicative of the time sequences from the plurality of slave units via the RF link,
• a processor system arranged to process time aligned pairs of received time sequences from the plurality of slave units according to a lizard ear mimicking algorithm, and generating a sound or vibration source direction and/or position estimate in response to an output from said lizard ear mimicking algorithm, optionally with information regarding physical positions of the at least two slave units.