高分辨率合成头相关传输函数可保持听觉定位表现,适合大规模个性化空间音频应用。
Numerical and perceptual validity of synthetic Head-Related Transfer Functions at scale

- 用边界元法生成合成HRTF,比KEMAR模型更接近实测数据
- 合成HRTF在虚拟现实任务中表现与实测一致,但前后定位误差集中于中线
- 虽数值偏差存在于后方低仰角,但对听觉感知影响有限
个体化头相关传输函数(HRTFs)的大规模测量仍是个性化空间音频的核心挑战,促使合成HRTFs日益受到关注。本文利用扩展的SONICOM数据集,评估了通过Mesh2HRTF边界元法模拟生成的合成HRTFs在数值、计算和行为层面的有效性,对比实测与KEMAR HRTFs。在200名受试者中,合成HRTFs在双耳时间差和强度差上比KEMAR更接近实测值,但低后方仰角处仍存在残余误差和谱失真,源于合成流程中未包含躯干几何结构。两种计算模型显示预测定位误差模式一致,合成结果介于实测与KEMAR之间。在虚拟现实定位任务(N=20)中,合成HRTFs在所有极坐标指标上均与实测无异,而KEMAR显著更差。然而,行为误差始终集中在前后中线,而非数值或模型预测的低仰角区域。另一次空间掩蔽释放任务(N=18)未发现HRTF类型的影响。结果表明,尽管存在数值偏差,高分辨率合成HRTFs仍能有效维持听觉定位性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Individually measuring head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) at scale remains a central challenge for personalised spatial audio, motivating growing interest in synthetic HRTFs. We evaluated the numerical, computational, and behavioural validity of synthetic HRTFs, generated through the boundary element method simulation using Mesh2HRTF, against measured and KEMAR HRTFs using the Extended SONICOM dataset. Across 200 subjects, synthetic HRTFs deviated less from measured than KEMAR in interaural time and level differences, but residual errors, together with elevated spectral distortion, concentrated at low, rear elevations. This is consistent with the omission of torso geometry from the synthesis pipeline. Two computational models revealed a corresponding pattern of predicted localisation errors, with synthetic HRTFs positioned between measured and KEMAR. In a virtual reality localisation task (N = 20), synthetic HRTFs matched measured on every polar metric, while KEMAR was significantly worse. However, behavioural error clustered around the front-back midline regardless of condition, not at the low elevations implicated numerically or by the models. A separate spatial release from masking task (N = 18) showed no effect of HRTF type. Together, these results indicate that high-resolution synthetic HRTFs preserve behavioural localisation performance, despite discrepancies between the numerical/model-predicted bias and the spatial pattern of behavioural error.
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