• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.5C
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• pp.309-316
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• 2011

In this paper, equalization zone of two crosstalk cancellation (CC) schemes, which are the one based on only head related transfer function (HRTF) and the other one based on interaural intensity/time difference (ITD/IID) as well as HRTF is studied. To do this, the condition numbers and ITD/IID levels of two schemes are shown.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.1017-1025
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• 2000

The human auditory system has been shown to posses remarkable abilities in the localization and tracking of sound sources. The localization is the result of processing two primary acoustics cues. These are the interaural time difference(ITD) cues and interaural intensity difference(IID) cues at the two ears. In this paper, we propose TEPILD(Time Energy Previous Integration Location Detector) model. TEPILD model is constructed with time function generator, energy function generator, previous location generator and azimuth detector. Time function generator is to process ITD and energy function generator is to process IID. Total average accuracy rate is 99.2%. These result are encouraging and show that proposed model can be applied to the sound source location detector.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.12
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• pp.191-196
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• 2013

In this paper, the interaural intensity difference (IID)-based sounr source separation method in closely spaced stereo omnidirectional microphones is proposed. First, in order to improve the channel separability, a minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer is employed to increase the intensity difference between stereo channels. After that, IID-based sound source separation method is applied. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed method, source-to-distortion ratio (SDR), source-to-interference ratio (SIR), and sources-to-artifacts ratio (SAR), which are defined as objective evaluation criteria in stereo audio source separation evaluation campaign (SASSEC), are measured. As a result, it was shown from the objective evaluation that the proposed method outperforms a sound source separation method without applying a beamformer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1999.10b
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• pp.307-309
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• 1999

입체음향이란 음원의 위치에 따라 두 귀에 입력되는 신호를 제어함으로써 시각정보 없이 음상의 위치를 파악할 수 있는 음이다. 헤드폰을 이용하면 음장이 머리 내에 위치하게 됨으로써 거리를 파악하는 것이 매우 힘들다. 본 논문에서는 모노음을 이용하여, 2채널 헤드폰에서 재생할 수 있는 3차원 음을 만들기 위하여 Interaural Time Difference(ITD)와 Interaural Intensity Difference(IID)를 이용한 머리 전달함수(Head Related Transfer Function:HRTF)를 만든 결과와 측정 HRTF 자료인 KEMAR Data를 이용한 결과를 비교하였으며, 거리 효과를 효과적으로 구현하기 위하여 잔향효과를 추가하여 음장을 머리밖으로 꺼냄으로써, 보다 향상된 3차원 음상 제어 시스템을 제안하고 실험하였다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.197-200
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 공간에 위치한 음원으로부터 양 귀에 들리는 음향을 스피커를 이용하여 재현 하는 기술에 대한 문제점과 이를 효과적으로 구현할 수 있는 방법에 대해 소개한다. 좌우 대칭 위치의 스피커를 이용하여, 음상 정위를 실현할 때 직면한 문제점인 Cross-talk 제거와 스피커와 청취자 양 귀사이의 음향전달 모델 선정에 대한 문제점들을 본 논문에서 고찰한다. 이러한 고찰을 통하여 Transaural 필터의 모델 제시와 본 모델의 음향학적 특성을 소개한다. 인간 청각기관의 공간 감응 인자인 lID(Interaural Intensity Difference)와 ITD(Interaural Time Difference)의 개념을 이용한 Transaural 필터의 구현 방법을 제시한다. 제시한 구현방법과 영국 ISVR의 "Stereo Dipole"과의 비교와, 끝으로, 주파수에 따른 적합한 스피커간의 배치 문제에 관한 것도 언급한다.

• MALSORI
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• no.57
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• pp.85-97
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• 2006

This paper suggests an algorithm that can estimate the direction of the sound source in real time. The algorithm uses the time difference and sound intensity information among the recorded sound source by four microphones. Also, to deal with noise of robot itself, the Kalman filter is implemented. The proposed method can take shorter execution time than that of an existing algorithm to fit the real-time service robot. Also, using the Kalman filter, signal ratio relative to background noise, SNR, is approximately improved to 8 dB. And the estimation result of azimuth shows relatively small error within the range of ${\pm}7$ degree.

• Journal of Audiology & Otology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.65-71
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• 2021

Background and Objectives: In masking level difference (MLD), the masked detection threshold for a signal is determined as a function of the relative interaural differences between the signal and the masker. Study 1 analyzed the results of school-aged children with good school performance in the MLD test, and study 2 compared their results with those of a group of children with poor academic performance. Subjects and Methods: Study 1 was conducted with 47 school-aged children with good academic performance (GI) and study 2 was carried out with 32 school-aged children with poor academic performance (GII). The inclusion criteria adopted for both studies were hearing thresholds within normal limits in basic audiological evaluation. Study 1 also considered normal performance in the central auditory processing test battery and absence of auditory complaints and/or of attention, language or speech issues. The MLD test was administered with a pure pulsatile tone of 500 Hz, in a binaural mode and intensity of 50 dBSL, using a CD player and audiometer. Results: In study 1, no significant correlation was observed, considering the influence of the variables age and sex in relation to the results obtained in homophase (SoNo), antiphase (SπNo) and MLD threshold conditions. The final mean MLD threshold was 13.66 dB. In study 2, the variables did not influence the test performance either. There was a significant difference between test results in SπNo conditions of the two groups, while no differences were found both in SoNo conditions and the final result of MLD. Conclusions: In study 1, the cut-off criterion of school-aged children in the MLD test was 9.3 dB. The variables (sex and age) did not interfere with the MLD results. In study 2, school performance did not differ in the MLD results. GII group showed inferior results than GI group, only in SπNo condition.

• Korean Journal of Audiology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.65-71
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• 2021

Background and Objectives: In masking level difference (MLD), the masked detection threshold for a signal is determined as a function of the relative interaural differences between the signal and the masker. Study 1 analyzed the results of school-aged children with good school performance in the MLD test, and study 2 compared their results with those of a group of children with poor academic performance. Subjects and Methods: Study 1 was conducted with 47 school-aged children with good academic performance (GI) and study 2 was carried out with 32 school-aged children with poor academic performance (GII). The inclusion criteria adopted for both studies were hearing thresholds within normal limits in basic audiological evaluation. Study 1 also considered normal performance in the central auditory processing test battery and absence of auditory complaints and/or of attention, language or speech issues. The MLD test was administered with a pure pulsatile tone of 500 Hz, in a binaural mode and intensity of 50 dBSL, using a CD player and audiometer. Results: In study 1, no significant correlation was observed, considering the influence of the variables age and sex in relation to the results obtained in homophase (SoNo), antiphase (SπNo) and MLD threshold conditions. The final mean MLD threshold was 13.66 dB. In study 2, the variables did not influence the test performance either. There was a significant difference between test results in SπNo conditions of the two groups, while no differences were found both in SoNo conditions and the final result of MLD. Conclusions: In study 1, the cut-off criterion of school-aged children in the MLD test was 9.3 dB. The variables (sex and age) did not interfere with the MLD results. In study 2, school performance did not differ in the MLD results. GII group showed inferior results than GI group, only in SπNo condition.