A fast calculation method of the head-related transfer functions for multiple source points based on the boundary element method

Acoustical Science and Technology

Shiro Ise¹  Makoto Otani¹ 

[1] Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

关键词: Head-related transfer functions;    Boundary element method;    Sound field reproduction;    Binaural method;   

DOI  :  10.1250/ast.24.259

学科分类：声学和超声波

来源: Acoustical Society of Japan

【 摘 要 】

References(17)Cited-By(7)In the binaural method, sound signals are reproduced in each of the ears of a listener by using headphones. Usually, a dummy head microphone is used to record the signal to be reproduced. However, if the sound field to be reproduced does not exist, the dummy head recording method is not usable. In this case, we can produce the virtual sound field by calculating the input signals of the headphones from the head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) and the virtual sound image. Although the HRTFs can be obtained by measuring an impulse response between a loudspeaker and a listener’s ear in an anechoic chamber, it would be very useful if they could be calculated. In many researches that focus on predicting HRTFs by calculation, the boundary element method (BEM), which calculates the HRTFs by solving the wave equation using a computer model of the head, is rather prominent. However, one of the drawbacks of the BEM in obtaining the HRTFs is the considerable amount of calculation time that is required. In this study, we suggest a new method for HRTF calculation which enables significantly enhanced speed by pre-processing an inverse of the coefficient matrix of the BEM.

【 授权许可】

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