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Convention Paper

Application of the Multi-Objective Optimisation Framework to the Creation of Personal Sound Zone

Authors: Gallian, Wilfried; Fazi, Filippo Maria

AES Convention 152 · Paper 10613 · May 2022

Abstract

The main methods used to create multiple personal sound zones are optimisation processes involving conflicting objective functions. The two most common methods, Acoustic Contrast Control (ACC) and Pressure Matching (PM), aim to simultaneously optimise various objectives: the system performance in terms of reproduction error, the amount of acoustic energy in the so-called bright zones and dark zones, and the amount of energy required by the system to obtain the desired performance (the array effort). In this work, the general framework of multi-objective optimisation and the main techniques employed to solve this class of problems are firstly introduced. Then, it is shown that the most renowned methods developed in the last 40 years in the field of personal sound zone systems are special cases of theses general multi-objective techniques.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 152
AES Convention
152
Paper number
10613
Publication date
May 6, 2022
Session subject
Loudspeakers and headphones
Affiliation
ISSR, University of Southampton, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper