Development of Interactive Spatial Hearing systems

• Project/Area Number: 20500110
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Media informatics/Database
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: IWAYA Yukio 東北大学, 電気通信研究所, 准教授 (10250896)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: バーチャルリアリティ / 聴覚ディスプレイ / 頭部伝達関数 / 音空間 / 臨場感 / クロストークキャンセラ / インタラクティブ / レンダリング / アンビソニックス / 音オブジェクト

Research Abstract

The objective of this project was development of three-dimensional auditory display with high-sense of presence. An interactive system, in which listener can move freely, was aimed. Mainly, three points of study were investigated, such as sound rendering techniques in three-dimensional space, auditory display technique responsive to listeners' movements, and development of a prototype system of interactive system. As a result, a dynamic auditory display system was developed and evaluated.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Interpolation method of head-related transfer functions in the z-plane domain using a common-pole and zero model (2010)
  • Author(s): Iwaya, Yukio, Sato, Wataru, Okamoto, Takuma, Otani, Makoto, Suzuki, Yoiti
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of International congress on Acoustics 2010 Volume: CDROM Pages: 5-5
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High order Ambisonic decoding method for irregular loudspeaker arrays (2010)
  • Author(s): Trevino, Jorge, Okamoto, Takuma, Iwaya, Yukio, Suzuki, Yoiti
  • Journal Title: Proc. of International congress on Acoustics 2010 (ICA2010) Volume: 8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sound localization in median plane using an avatar robot"TeleHead" with synchronization of a listener's horizontal head rotation (2010)
  • Author(s): Iwaya, Yukio, Masuyama, Yusuke, Otani, Makoto, Suzuki, Yoiti
  • Journal Title: proceeding book Volume: 6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interpolation method of head-related transfer functions in the z-plane domain using a common-pole and zero model (2010)
  • Author(s): Iwaya, Yukio; Sato, Wataru; Okamoto, Takuma; Otani, Makoto; Suzuki, Yoiti
  • Journal Title: Proc.of International congress on Acoustics 2010 Volume: (Five pages in CDROM)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High order Ambisonic decoding method for irregular loudspeaker arrays (2010)
  • Author(s): Trevino, Jorge; Okamoto, Takuma; Iwaya, Yukio; Suzuki, Yoiti
  • Journal Title: Proc.of International congress on Acoustics 2010 Volume: (Eight pages in CDROM)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sound localization in median plane using an avatar robot "Tele Head" with synchronization of a listener's horizontal head rotation Iwaya, Yukio; Masuyama, Yusuki; Otani, Makoto; Suzuki, Yoiti (2010)
  • Author(s): Iwaya, Yukio; Masuyama, Yusuki; Otani, Makoto; Suzuki, Yoiti
  • Journal Title: Proc.of International congress on Acoustics 2010 Volume: (Six pages in CDROM)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sound localization in a remote place via an avatar robot synchronizing to listener's head rotation (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukio Iwaya, Makoto Otani, Yusuke Masuyama, Yoiti Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Abstract book of International symposium on multisensory research forum 2010 Pages: 108-108
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2010)
  • Author(s): 鈴木陽一, 岩谷幸雄(舘〓, 佐藤誠, 廣瀬通孝監修)
  • Journal Title: バーチャルリアリティ学 第4章 聴覚レンダリングとモデル(工業調査会)
• [Journal Article] Sound space perception in virtual environments with head movements (2009)
  • Author(s): Yukio IWAYA
  • Journal Title: Proc. of Internaional workshop on the Principles and Applications (invited paper) Volume: 6
• [Journal Article] The effect of ambient sounds on the Quality of 3D virtual Sound space (2009)
  • Author(s): Satoshi Yairi, Yukio Iwaya, Maori Kobayashi, Makoto Otani, Yoiti Suzuki, Takeru Chiba
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the fifth IEEE international conference on Intelligent information hiding and multimedia signal processing Volume: vol.1 Pages: 1-4
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transfer effects on communication and collision avoidance behavior from playing a three-dimensional auditory game based on a virtual auditory display (2009)
  • Author(s): Akio Honda, Hiroshi Shibata, Souta Hidaka, Yukio Iwaya, Jiro Gyoba, Yoiti Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Applied Acoustics Volume: Vol.70 Pages: 868-874
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] sound space perception in virtual environments with head movements (2009)
  • Author(s): Yukio IWAYA
  • Journal Title: Proc.of International workshop on the Principles and Applications 2009(invited paper) Pages: 1-6
• [Journal Article] Spatial distribution of low-frequency HRTF spectral notch and its effect on sound localization (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Otani, Yukio IWAYA, et al.
  • Journal Title: Proc.of International workshop on the Principles and Applications 2009 Pages: 1-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Effect of Ambient Sounds on the Quality of 3D Virtual Sound Space (2009)
  • Author(s): toshi Yairi, Yukio Iwaya, Maori Kobayashi, Makoto Otani, Yoiti Suzuki, Takeru Chiba
  • Journal Title: Proc.of The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing Pages: 1-4
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effect of low-frequency spectral notch on sound image localization. (2009)
  • Author(s): Yukio IWAYA, Makoto OTANI, Tetsu MAGARIYACHI, Yoiti SUZUKI
  • Journal Title: Proc.of The 10th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference(WESPAC X)(invited paper) Pages: 1-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transfer effects on communication and collision avoidance behavior from playing a three-dimensional auditory game based on a virtual auditory display (2009)
  • Author(s): Akio Honda, Hiroshi Shib ata, Jiro Gyoba, Yukio I waya, Yoiti Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Applied Acoustics 70 Pages: 868-874
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Reproduction of sound fields using ambisonics and irregular loudspeaker arrays (2010)
  • Author(s): J.Trevino, T.Okamoto, Y.Iwaya, Y.Suzuki
  • Organizer: 東北大学第357回音響工学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台市
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-13
• [Presentation] 高次Ambisonics型音空間再生と立体映像提示による高精細3次元視聴覚ディスプレイの構築 (2010)
  • Author(s): 岡本拓磨, 崔正烈, 岩谷幸雄, 鈴木陽一
  • Organizer: 第15回バーチャルリアリティ学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢市
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-16
• [Presentation] Comparison of Ambisonic decoding methods for an irregular, 157-channel loudspeaker array (2010)
  • Author(s): トレビーニョホルヘ, 岡本拓磨, 岩谷幸雄, 鈴木陽一
  • Organizer: 日本音響学会講演論文集2010年秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪市
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-15
• [Presentation] 動的クロストークキャンセラを用いた頭部運動感応型聴覚ディスプレイ (2010)
  • Author(s): 韓吉洙, 岡本拓磨, 岩谷幸雄, 鈴木陽一
  • Organizer: 2010年度電気関係学会東北支部連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 八戸市
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-26
• [Presentation] Comparison of Ambisonic decoding methods for an irregular, 157-channel loudspeaker array (2010)
  • Author(s): トレビーニョホルヘ, 岡本拓磨, 岩谷幸雄, 鈴木陽一
  • Organizer: 日本音響学会秋季講演論文
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪市
• [Presentation] 背景音が3次元仮想音空間に与える聴感的影響 (2009)
  • Author(s): 大谷真, 岩谷幸雄, 小林まおり, 矢入聡, 鈴木陽一, 千葉武尊
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会応用音響研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-04
• [Presentation] Effects of head movement on sound space perception (2009)
  • Author(s): Yukio IWAYA
  • Organizer: Mini-RIEC workshop on multimodal perception(Invited lecture)
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台市
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-25
• [Presentation] Effects of head movement on sound space perception (2009)
  • Author(s): 岩谷幸雄
  • Organizer: Mini Riec workshop on multimodal perception(招待講演)
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-25
• [Book] Development of virtual auditory display software responsive to head movement and a consideration on spatialised ambient sound to improve realism of perceived sound psace, a book chapter of Principles and Applications of Spatial Hearing (2011)
  • Author(s): Y. Iwaya, M. Otani, Y. Suzuki
  • Total Pages: 135
  • Publisher: World Scientific
• [Book] DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL AUDITORY DISPLAY SOFTWARE RESPONSIVE TO HEAD MOVEMENT AND A CONSIDERATION ON SPATIALISED AMBIENT SOUND TO IMPROVE REALISM OF PERCEIVED SOUND SPACE (book chapter of "Principles and Applications of Spatial Hearing") (2011)
  • Author(s): Y.IWAYA, M.OTANL, Y.SUZUKI
  • Publisher: World Scientific
• [Book] Transfer Effects on Auditory Skills from playing virtual three-dimensional auditory display games (2009)
  • Author(s): Akio Honda, Hiroshi Shibata, Souta Hidaka, Yukio Iwaya, Jiro Gyoba, Yoiti Suzuki
  • Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
• [Book] New Research on Acoustics (2008)
  • Author(s): Akio Honda, Hiroshi Shibata, Souta Hidaka, Yukio Iwaya, Jiro Gyoba, Yoiti Suzuki
  • Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/~iwaya/iwaya.html