Title
The synthesis of sound figures
Abstract
In this paper we discuss a novel technique to control the spatial distribution of sound level within a synthesized sound field. The problem is formulated by separating the sound field into regions with high acoustic level, so-called bright regions, and zones with low acoustic level (zones of quiet) by time independent virtual boundaries. This way, the propagating sound field obtains a static spatial shape, which we call sound figure. This problem is treated with a generic approach for creating sound figures. We give an analytic solution to the problem and highlight, how our findings can be applied using established sound field synthesis techniques. We furthermore show the limitations of our approach, provide simulation results to prove the concept and discuss some application areas.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/s11045-013-0261-4
Multidim. Syst. Sign. Process.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multichannel sound reproduction,Sound field synthesis,Quiet zones,Sound figures
QUIET,Diffusion (acoustics),Mathematical optimization,Critical distance,Sound field,Speech recognition,Acoustics,Analytic solution,Mathematics,Physical modelling synthesis,Acoustic source localization,Directional sound
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
25
2
0923-6082
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.65
3
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karim Helwani1265.20
Sascha Spors210819.70
Herbert Buchner343540.57