Modeling the Broadband Time-of-Arrival of the Head-Related Transfer Functions for Binaural Audio

Ziegelwanger H, Majdak P. Modeling the Broadband Time-of-Arrival of the Head-Related Transfer Functions for Binaural Audio. In: AES Convention 134. Audio Engineering Society; 2013. Paper 8884. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16785

@inproceedings{Ziegelwanger2013_16785,
  author = {Ziegelwanger, Harald and Majdak, Piotr},
  title = {{Modeling the Broadband Time-of-Arrival of the Head-Related Transfer Functions for Binaural Audio}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 134},
  note = {Paper 8884},
  year = {2013},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16785}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Modeling the Broadband Time-of-Arrival of the Head-Related Transfer Functions for Binaural Audio
AU  - Ziegelwanger, Harald
AU  - Majdak, Piotr
T2  - AES Convention 134
M1  - Paper 8884
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16785
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Binaural audio is based on the head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) that provide directional cues for the localization of virtual sound sources. HRTFs incorporate the time-of-arrival (TOA), the monaural timing information yielding the interaural time difference, essential for the rendering of multiple virtual sound sources. In this study we propose a method to robustly estimate spatially continuous TOA from an HRTF set. The method is based on a directional outlier remover and a geometrical model of the HRTF measurement setup. We show results for HRTFs of human listeners from three HRTF databases. The benefits of calculating the TOA in the light of the HRTF analysis, modifications, and synthesis are discussed.
ER  -