TECHNIQUES COMBINING PLURAL HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION (HRTF) SPHERES TO PLACE AUDIO OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200382871A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16424983

    申请日:2019-05-29

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    摘要: Concentric rings of speakers in a room are activated in sequence to emit test sounds that are picked up by microphones placed in the ears of a listener in the middle of the room. The output of the microphones is used to generate plural HRTF spheres that are concentric, and that can be convolved with each other to render a multi-distance HRTF filter that can be configured to “move” the perceived distance and bearing of audio objects “inside” the outer sphere as desired, without being restricted to placing the audio objects at the outer edges of a single sphere. Any desired placement of an audio object between spheres is done by interpolating between respective coefficients of the closest spheres.

    GENERATING PERSONALIZED END USER HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION (HRTV) USING PANORAMIC IMAGES OF EAR

    公开(公告)号:US20200107148A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-02

    申请号:US16168317

    申请日:2018-10-23

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04S7/00 G06T7/70 H04N5/247

    摘要: Left and right ear HRTF coefficients are determined for an end user, one each for each of a plurality of head orientations, and provided to the end user on a portable recording medium, or via the Internet, etc. The user can then implement the files on audio played on the user's headphones, with the file corresponding to the user's head orientation being selected as the user moves his head to ensure the sound as perceived by the user remains emanating from a fixed external location. The user's personal HRTF may be generated using panoramic images of the ears, such as multiple 2D images or 3D imaging.