Comparison of Spatial Characteristics of Head-Related Transfer Functions between the Horizontal and Median Planes

Zhong X, Xie B, Yu G. Comparison of Spatial Characteristics of Head-Related Transfer Functions between the Horizontal and Median Planes. In: AES Convention 142. Audio Engineering Society; 2017. Paper 9710. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18588

@inproceedings{Zhong2017_18588,
  author = {Zhong, Xiaoli and Xie, Bosun and Yu, Guangzheng},
  title = {{Comparison of Spatial Characteristics of Head-Related Transfer Functions between the Horizontal and Median Planes}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 142},
  note = {Paper 9710},
  year = {2017},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18588}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Comparison of Spatial Characteristics of Head-Related Transfer Functions between the Horizontal and Median Planes
AU  - Zhong, Xiaoli
AU  - Xie, Bosun
AU  - Yu, Guangzheng
T2  - AES Convention 142
M1  - Paper 9710
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18588
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) vary with source direction and thus contain major localization cues. In this work, the directional variation of HRTFs in the horizontal and median planes are studied using directional Fourier expansion. Results indicate that up to 20 kHz, the preceding 8 or 9 order elevation harmonics account for 99% variation of HRTFs in the median plane; while the preceding 31 or 32 order azimuthal harmonics account for 99% variation of HRTFs in the horizontal plane. Therefore, the horizontal-plane variation of HRTFs is more complicated in comparison to the median-plane variation. Moreover, the front-back spatial symmetry calculated from expansion weights is compared between the horizontal and median planes.
ER  -