This paper introduces Spatial Frequency Response Surfaces (SFRSs), an alternative spatial-domain visualization tool for head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). Qualitative analysis of SFRSs is easier than direct comparison of HRTF magnitude responses and it reveals many cross-subject similarities in HRTF data corresponding to well-known HRTF-related psychophysical phenomena. The paper presents an SFRS-based HRTF interpolation algorithm and the results of a psychophysical experiment that compare the perceptual quality of interpolated and noninterpolated HRTFs.

Authors: Cheng, Corey I.; Wakefield, Gregory H.
Affiliation: IUniversity of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ann Arbor, MI
AES Conference: 16th International Conference: Spatial Sound Reproduction (March 1999)
Paper Number: 16-014
Publication Date: March 1, 1999 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Spatial Sound Reproduction
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