Improved Audio System Playback by Automatic Head Position Detection and System Adjustment

Lane JR, Perkins H, Field D. Improved Audio System Playback by Automatic Head Position Detection and System Adjustment. In: AES Conference: AES 2022 International Automotive Audio Conference. Audio Engineering Society; 2022. Paper 1. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21802

@inproceedings{Lane2022_21802,
  author = {Lane, Jonathan R. and Perkins, Hannah and Field, Daniel},
  title = {{Improved Audio System Playback by Automatic Head Position Detection and System Adjustment}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: AES 2022 International Automotive Audio Conference},
  note = {Paper 1},
  year = {2022},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21802}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Improved Audio System Playback by Automatic Head Position Detection and System Adjustment
AU  - Lane, Jonathan R.
AU  - Perkins, Hannah
AU  - Field, Daniel
T2  - AES Conference: AES 2022 International Automotive Audio Conference
M1  - Paper 1
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21802
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The current time-honored automotive sound system adjustment approach is to set the tuning equalization (EQ) of the audio system through objective and subjective evaluation means, to achieve a single average setting for the range of listener positions. This is shown to result in degraded audio playback for those whose seating position puts their ears on the fringes of the normally measured space (5th through 95th percentile, mixed gender adults). Deviation over the space is especially notable in the case of nearfield speakers, like headrest and overhead speakers. Methods to remedy this sub-optimal outcome are investigated and an automatic means to make suitable adjustments resulting from this study is experimentally evaluated.
ER  -