Apparatus and method for simulating a wave field synthesis system

US7809453B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Katrin Reichelt · Dresden, DE
• Gabriel Gatzsche · Martinroda, DE
• Frank Melchior · Ilmenau, DE
• Sandra Brix · Ilmenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04S2420/13
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

For simulating a wave field synthesis system, an audio scene description defining a temporal sequence of audio objects is provided, an audio object having an audio file for a virtual source or a reference to the audio file and information on a source position of the virtual source. Furthermore, an output condition the wave field synthesis system is to satisfy is given. Furthermore, a simulator for simulating the behavior of the wave field synthesis system for the audio scene description, using the audio data and the source positions as well as information on the wave field synthesis system, is provided. Finally a checker performs a check to determine if the simulated behavior of the wave field synthesis system satisfies the output condition. This achieves more flexible audio scene description creation as well as flexible portability of an audio scene description developed for one system to another wave field synthesis system.