A pinna-only dataset of the SONICOM HRTF database.

Martínez AA, Perfler F, Majdak P, Monfort JJL. A pinna-only dataset of the SONICOM HRTF database. In: Express Paper. Audio Engineering Society; 2024. Paper 216. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22562

@inproceedings{Martinez2024_22562,
  author = {Martínez, Ariel Alvarez and Perfler, Felix and Majdak, Piotr and Monfort, José Javier López},
  title = {{A pinna-only dataset of the SONICOM HRTF database.}},
  note = {Paper 216},
  year = {2024},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22562}
}

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TI  - A pinna-only dataset of the SONICOM HRTF database.
AU  - Martínez, Ariel Alvarez
AU  - Perfler, Felix
AU  - Majdak, Piotr
AU  - Monfort, José Javier López
M1  - Paper 216
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/06/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22562
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) describe how an ear receives sound from various directions in space. HRTFs are unique to each listener and are an important part of audio systems in virtual and augmented reality. HRTFs are usually measured acoustically, for which a sophisticated laboratory equipment and long measurement time are required. However, HRTFs can also be numerically calculated from a surface mesh of listeners head and pinna. These meshes require geometric details of the pinna which are difficult to capture. Additionally, meshes obtained by scanners can be corrupted by noise and outliers. Parametric pinna models (PPM) have emerged to tackle this problem by adapting a high-resolution clean generic geometry to the actual listener geometry, however, evaluation of such PPMs requires a database of pinna-only geometries of real human. In this work, we present a pinna-only dataset for both ears generated for 200 subjects from the head-and-torso meshes of the SONICOM HRTF database. The meshes were aligned on the interaural axis and cut-off. These pinna-only meshes were then restitched on heads having various levels of detail and HRTFs were calculated to evaluate the effect of the head details in HRTFs. Our results will be discussed in the light of geometric head details and their effects on the accuracy and efficiency of HRTF individualization.
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