AES 48th Conference on Automotive Audio: Programme

Press Day: ”State of the art Premium Automotive Audio”
Premium Automotive Cars will be on display to present the current State of the art of Automotive Audio Systems

Registration

Opening of conference by Conference Chair Jan Abildgaard Pedersen

Keynote Address by Tom Nousaine, Sound and Vision Publication

Paper Session 1: Perception & Psychoacoustics

1-1: In-Situ Detection of Defects in Car Audio Systems
Stefan Irrgang, Wolfgang Klippel, KLIPPEL, GmbH, Dresden, Germany

1-2: Validation of the Binaural Room Scanning Method Using Subjective Ratings of Spatial Attributes
Todd Welti, Sean Olive, Harman International Industries, Inc., Northridge, CA, USA

Lunch

Demo Session: demo cars will be on display, listen, compare and discuss

Workshop 1: Communication Systems for Cars

Dinner

Social arrangement

Breakfast

Workshop 2: Engine Sound Enhancement

Paper Session 2: System Architecture and Hardware – part I

2-1: Adaptive Identification of Nonlinear Models Using Orthogonal Nonlinear Functions
Laura Romoli, Michele Gasparini, Stefania Cecchi, Andrea Primavera, Francesco Piazza, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

2-2: Room Gain in a Car
Patrick Hegarty, Martin Møller, Martin Olsen, Morten Lydolf, Jan Abildgaard Pedersen, Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, Denmark

2-3: Controlling the Direction of Sound Intensity Based on Sound Intensity Transfer Path Analysis
Yosuke Tanabe, Akira Inoue, Hitachi America, Ltd., Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Lunch

Paper Session 3: System Architecture and Hardware – part II

3-1: Utilization of Nonlinear Converters for Audio Amplification
Niels Iversen, Thomas Birch, Arnold Knott, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

3-2: Minimizing Crosstalk in Self Oscillating Switch Mode Audio Power Amplifiers
Rasmus Overgaard Plough, Arnold Knott, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Workshop 3: Audio Quality in Production and Long-term

4-1: Noise Dependent Equalization Control
Markus Christoph, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Straubing, Germany

4-2: Active Road Noise Reduction in Audi A8 W12 with Adaptive Suspension: A Feasibility Study
Anders Thorndal, Jakob Juul Larsen,, Lars G. Johansen, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmark

4-3: Stability Determination for Engine Order Control
Jay Kirsch, Harman International, Sandy, UT, USA; Michael Wurm, Harman Becker Automotive Systems (HBAS), Straubing, Germany; Jon Lane, David Trumpy, Chuanxi Ju, Harman Becker Automotive Systems (HBAS), Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Breakfast

Paper Session 5: Audio Reproduction in Cars – part I

5-1: Acoustical Zone Reproduction for Car Interiors Using a MIMO MSE Framework
Simon Berthilsson, Annea Barkefors, Lars-Johan Bra¨nnmark, Mikael Sternad, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and Dirac Research AB, Uppsala, Sweden

5-2: Wave Field Synthesis-Based Concept Car for High-Quality Automotive Sound
Sandra Brix, Christoph Sladeczek, Andreas Franck, Albert Zhykhar, Clemens Clausen, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany; Peter Gleim, AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, Germany

5-3: Audio System Variance in Production Vehicles
Steven Hutt, Equity Sound Investments, Bloomington, IN, USA

Workshop 4: (Hybrid) radio in cars

Lunch

Paper Session 6: Audio Reproduction in Cars – part II

6-1: Multipoint Equalization for Car Audio Systems
Stefania Cecchi, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy; Ferruccio Bettarelli, Leaff Engineering, Porto Potenza Picena, Italy; Francisco Piazza, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

6-2: Local Sound Separation in Cars
Stig Kleiven, A2Zound by Semcon AB, Gothenburg, Sweden; Bert Zinserling, AAC Technologies Holdings, Munich, Germany

6-3: Sound Field Reproduction Analysis in a Car Cabin Based on Microphone Array Measurements
Johannes Nowak, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany; Michael Strauß, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

6-4: Car Interior Simulation Model for Low Frequencies Using the Finite Difference Time Domain Method
Adrian Celestinos, Martin Olsen, Martin Bo Møller, Morten Lydolf, Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, Denmark

Concluding remarks by Conference Chair Jan Abildgaard Pedersen