Localization of the complex spectrum: the S transform

  • Authors:
  • R.G. Stockwell;L. Mansinha;R.P. Lowe

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont.;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

The S transform, which is introduced in the present correspondence, is an extension of the ideas of the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) and is based on a moving and scalable localizing Gaussian window. It is shown to have some desirable characteristics that are absent in the continuous wavelet transform. The S transform is unique in that it provides frequency-dependent resolution while maintaining a direct relationship with the Fourier spectrum. These advantages of the S transform are due to the fact that the modulating sinusoids are fixed with respect to the time axis, whereas the localizing scalable Gaussian window dilates and translates