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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…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-09 Sapir Goldring , Zamir Ben Hur , David Lou Alon , Boaz Rafaely

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…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-18 Xingyu Chen , Fei Ma , Yile Zhang , Amy Bastine , Prasanga N. Samarasinghe

Accurate upsampling of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) from sparse measurements is crucial for personalized spatial audio rendering. Traditional interpolation methods, such as kernel-based weighting or basis function expansions,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-13 Xingyu Chen , Hanwen Bi , Fei Ma , Sipei Zhao , Eva Cheng , Ian S. Burnett

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…

Sound · Computer Science 2016-09-09 Hendrik Barfuss , Marcel Mueglich , Walter Kellermann

As spatial audio is enjoying a surge in popularity, data-driven machine learning techniques that have been proven successful in other domains are increasingly used to process head-related transfer function measurements. However, these…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-09 Johan Pauwels , Lorenzo Picinali

In this work, a recently proposed Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF)-based Robust Least-Squares Frequency-Invariant (RLSFI) beamformer design is analyzed with respect to its robustness against localization errors, which lead to a…

Sound · Computer Science 2016-03-30 Hendrik Barfuss , Walter Kellermann

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…

Sound · Computer Science 2017-03-10 Hendrik Barfuss , Michael Buerger , Jasper Podschus , Walter Kellermann

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…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Etienne Thuillier , Craig Jin , Vesa Välimäki

Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) individualization is a key matter in binaural synthesis. However, currently available databases are limited in size compared to the high dimensionality of the data. Hereby, we present the process of…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-15 Corentin Guezenoc , Renaud Seguier

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…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-21 Lior Arbel , Ishwarya Ananthabhotla , Zamir Ben-Hur , David Lou Alon , Boaz Rafaely

From a machine learning perspective, the human ability localize sounds can be modeled as a non-parametric and non-linear regression problem between binaural spectral features of sound received at the ears (input) and their sound-source…

Sound · Computer Science 2015-02-12 Yuancheng Luo , Dmitry N. Zotkin , Ramani Duraiswami

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…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-11-17 De Hu , Junsheng Hu , Cuicui Jiang

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…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-03 Etienne Thuillier , Jean-Marie Lemercier , Eloi Moliner , Timo Gerkmann , Vesa Välimäki

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

Utilizing spherical harmonic (SH) domain has been established as the default method of obtaining continuity over space in head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). This paper concerns different variants of extending this solution by…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Adam Szwajcowski

Precise elevation perception in binaural audio remains a challenge, despite extensive research on head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) and spectral cues. While prior studies have advanced our understanding of sound localization cues, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-17 Juan Antonio De Rus , Mario Montagud , Jesus Lopez-Ballester , Francesc J. Ferri , Maximo Cobos

Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are essential for virtual acoustic realities, as they contain all cues for localizing sound sources in three-dimensional space. Acoustic measurements are one way to obtain high-quality HRTFs. To…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-25 Johannes M. Arend , Christoph Pörschmann , Stefan Weinzierl , Fabian Brinkmann

Virtual sound synthesis is a technology that allows users to perceive spatial sound through headphones or earphones. However, accurate virtual sound requires an individual head-related transfer function (HRTF), which can be difficult to…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Tatsuki Kobayashi , Yoshiko Maruyama , Isao Nambu , Shohei Yano , Yasuhiro Wada

This paper presents a simulation-based approach to own voice detection (OVD) in hearing aids using a single microphone. While OVD can significantly improve user comfort and speech intelligibility, existing solutions often rely on multiple…

Many spatial filtering algorithms used for voice capture in, e.g., teleconferencing applications, can benefit from or even rely on knowledge of Relative Transfer Functions (RTFs). Accordingly, many RTF estimators have been proposed which,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Andreas Brendel , Johannes Zeitler , Walter Kellermann