Comparison of various 3D mesh acquisition methods for head-related transfer functions simulation

Sun C, Takahashi K, Hong Z, Okubo K. Comparison of various 3D mesh acquisition methods for head-related transfer functions simulation. In: AES Convention 155. Audio Engineering Society; 2023. Paper 145. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22299

@inproceedings{Sun2023_22299,
  author = {Sun, Chang and Takahashi, Koki and Hong, Zhenxiang and Okubo, Kan},
  title = {{Comparison of various 3D mesh acquisition methods for head-related transfer functions simulation}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 155},
  note = {Paper 145},
  year = {2023},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22299}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Comparison of various 3D mesh acquisition methods for head-related transfer functions simulation
AU  - Sun, Chang
AU  - Takahashi, Koki
AU  - Hong, Zhenxiang
AU  - Okubo, Kan
T2  - AES Convention 155
M1  - Paper 145
SP  - 1
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22299
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are listener-specific owing to the particular shapes of ears and heads of individuals. To personalize HRTFs, numerical simulation have been widely conducted because the requirements for specific measurement environments and equipment. The quality of three-dimensional (3D) meshes directly influences the calculation results when simulating HRTFs; thus, studies on the capture of precise head meshes are crucial. This study compares different methods of obtaining 3D meshes from the perspective of HRTFs simulation. Owing to the variety of devices available to obtain 3D meshes, three methods were selected based on different mesh acquisition principles. Medical imaging scanner equipment magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), handheld optical scanner equipment Artec EVA and three-dimensional reconstruction of multi-angle image data equipment LightCage were utilized to obtain the 3D meshes for the HRTFs simulation. The performance of the different methods applied to the HRTFs simulation was analyzed by comparing the 3D meshes captured by the three methods and the corresponding numerical simulation results.
ER  -