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Perceptual Localization of a Phantom Sound Image for Ultrahigh-Definition TV

Authors: Kim, Sunmin; Lee, Young Woo

AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space · Paper 4-2 · October 2010

Abstract

This paper presents a localization perception of a phantom sound image for ultrahigh-definition TV with respect to various loudspeaker configurations; two-horizontal, two-vertical and triplet loudspeakers. Vector base amplitude panning algorithm with modification for non-equidistant loudspeaker setup is applied to create the phantom sound image. In order to practically study the localization performance in real situation, the listening tests were conducted at the on-axis and off-axis positions of TV in normal listening room. A method of adjustment which can reduce the ambiguity of a perceived angle is exploited to evaluate the angles of octave-band signals. The subjects changed the panning angle until the real sound source and virtually panned source were coincident. A spatial blurring can be measured by examining the differences of the panning angles perceived with respect to each band. The listening tests show that the triplet panning method has better performance than vertical panning in view of perceptual localization and spatial blurring at both on-axis and off-axis positions.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space
Paper number
4-2
Publication date
October 6, 2010
Session subject
Perception and Evaluation of Spatial Audio
Affiliation
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper