An experimental comparison on KEMAR and BHead210 dummy heads for HRTF-based virtual auditory on Chinese subjects

Xiaohai Tian, Zhonghua Fu, Lei Xie

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Abstract

Head related transfer functions (HRTFs) vary with anatomical structures in head, pinna and torso. As we know, Chinese are highly different from their Western counterparts in anatomical characteristics. In this paper, we perform an experimental study on HRTF-based virtual auditory, in which the HRTF data are collected from two dummy heads: KEMAR and BHead210. KEMAR resembles the head of a worldwide average human and BHead210 replicates the head of an average Chinese. Our preliminary results show significant differences in sound localization performance between the two dummy heads. The localization performance, especially on the frontal plane, of BHead210-collected HRTF is better than KEMAR for Chinese subjects. We believe BHead210 is more suitable for Chinese in HRTF-based virtual auditory applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIET 3rd International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, ICWMMN 2010
Pages369-372
Number of pages4
Edition569 CP
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
EventIET 3rd International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, ICWMMN 2010 - Beijing, China
Duration: 26 Sep 201029 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameIET Conference Publications
Number569 CP
Volume2010

Conference

ConferenceIET 3rd International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, ICWMMN 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period26/09/1029/09/10

Keywords

  • BHead210
  • Binaural synthesis
  • Dummy head
  • HRTF
  • KEMAR
  • Virtual auditory

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