Inventors:
Douglas S. Brungart - Rockville MD, US
Griffin D. Romigh - Pittsburgh PA, US
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force - Washington DC
International Classification:
H04S 5/00
H04R 5/02
US Classification:
381 17, 381 18, 381 19, 381 61, 381 74, 381310, 381309, 340974, 340975, 340976, 340963, 704250, 704246, 7042001, 7045001
Abstract:
A spatial audio system for implementing a head-related transfer function (HRTF). A first stage implements a lateral HRTF that reproduces the median frequency response for a sound source located at a particular lateral distance from a listener, and second stage implements a vertical HRTF that reproduces the spectral changes when the vertical distance of a sound source changes relative to the listener. The system improves the vertical localization accuracy provided by an arbitrary measured HRTF by introducing an enhancement factor into the second processing stage. The enhancement factor increases the spectral differentiation between simulated sound sources located at different positions within the same “cone of confusion. ”.