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In this work, we propose a robust Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF)-based polynomial beamformer design which accounts for the influence of a humanoid robot's head on the sound field. In addition, it allows for a flexible steering of our…

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Interpreting EEG signals linked to spoken language presents a complex challenge, given the data's intricate temporal and spatial attributes, as well as the various noise factors. Denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs), which have…

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Individual head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are essential for accurate spatial audio binaural rendering but remain difficult to obtain due to measurement complexity. This study investigates whether photogrammetry-reconstructed (PR)…

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Individualized head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are crucial for accurate sound positioning in virtual auditory displays. As the acoustic measurement of HRTFs is resource-intensive, predicting individualized HRTFs using machine…

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Several individualization methods have recently been proposed to estimate a subject's Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) using convenient input modalities such as anthropometric measurements or pinnae photographs. There exists a need for…

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High fidelity spatial audio often performs better when produced using a personalized head-related transfer function (HRTF). However, the direct acquisition of HRTFs is cumbersome and requires specialized equipment. Thus, many…

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Generative AI has received significant attention among a spectrum of diverse industrial and academic domains, thanks to the magnificent results achieved from deep generative models such as generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and…

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We present a head-related transfer function (HRTF) estimation method which relies on a data-driven prior given by a score-based diffusion model. The HRTF is estimated in reverberant environments using natural excitation signals, e.g. human…

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This study investigates the approach of direction-dependent selection of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) and its impact on sound localization accuracy. For applications such as virtual reality (VR) and teleconferencing, obtaining…

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Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are crucial for spatial soundfield reproduction in virtual reality applications. However, obtaining personalized, high-resolution HRTFs is a time-consuming and costly task. Recently, deep…

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In this work, we propose a two-dimensional Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF)-based robust beamformer design for robot audition, which allows for explicit control of the beamformer response for the entire three-dimensional sound field…

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To achieve immersive spatial audio rendering on VR/AR devices, high-quality Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) are essential. In general, HRTFs are subject-dependent and position-dependent, and their measurement is time-consuming and…

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Efficient modeling of the inter-individual variations of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) is a key matterto the individualization of binaural synthesis. In previous work, we augmented a dataset of 119 pairs of earshapes and…

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We propose a method of head-related transfer function (HRTF) interpolation from sparsely measured HRTFs using an autoencoder with source position conditioning. The proposed method is drawn from an analogy between an HRTF interpolation…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-07-25 Yuki Ito , Tomohiko Nakamura , Shoichi Koyama , Hiroshi Saruwatari

Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) with dense spatial grids are desired for immersive binaural audio generation, but their recording is time-consuming. Although HRTF spatial upsampling has shown remarkable progress with neural fields,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-23 Yoshiki Masuyama , Gordon Wichern , François G. Germain , Christopher Ick , Jonathan Le Roux

A new database of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for accurate sound source localization is presented through precise measurement and post-processing in terms of improved frequency bandwidth and causality of head-related impulse…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-07 Gyeong-Tae Lee , Sang-Min Choi , Byeong-Yun Ko , Yong-Hwa Park

While recent advances in deep neural networks have made it possible to render high-quality images, generating photo-realistic and personalized talking head remains challenging. With given audio, the key to tackling this task is…

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Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) characterize acoustic environments and are crucial in multiple audio signal processing tasks. High-quality RIR estimates drive applications such as virtual microphones, sound source localization, augmented…

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