title: A time domain binaural model based on spatial feature extraction for the head-related transfer function.
abstract: A complex-valued head-related transfer function (HRTF) can be represented as a real-valued head-related impulse response (HRIR). The interaural time and level cues of HRIRs are extracted to derive the binaural model and also to normalize each measured HRIR. Using the Karhunen-Loeve expansion, normalized HRIRs are modeled as a weighted combination of a set of basis functions in a low-dimensional subspace. The basis functions and the space samples of the weights are obtained from the measured HRIR. A simple linear interpolation algorithm is employed to obtain the modeled binaural HRIRs. The modeled HRIRs are nearly identical to the measured HRIRs from an anesthetized live cat. Typical mean-square errors and cross-correlation coefficients between the 1816 measured and modeled HRIRs are 1% and 0.99, respectively. The real-valued operations and linear interpolating in the model are very effective for speeding up the model computation in real-time implementation. This approach has made it possible to simulate real free-field signals at the two eardrums of a cat via earphones and to study the neuronal responses to such a virtual acoustic space (VAR).
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D006257:Head; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009622:Noise; D013997:Time Factors; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000502:physiology*