HRTF upsampling with a generative adversarial network using a gnomonic equiangular projection
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
An individualised (HRTF) is very important for creating realistic (VR) and (AR) environments. However, acoustically measuring high-quality HRTFs requires expensive equipment and an acoustic lab setting. To overcome these limitations and to make this measurement more efficient HRTF upsampling has been exploited in the past where a high-resolution HRTF is created from a low-resolution one. This paper demonstrates how (GAN) can be applied to HRTF upsampling. We propose a novel approach that transforms the HRTF data for direct use with a convolutional (SRGAN). This new approach is benchmarked against three baselines: barycentric upsampling, (SH) upsampling and an HRTF selection approach. Experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms all three baselines in terms of (LSD) and localisation performance using perceptual models when the input HRTF is sparse (less than 20 measured positions).
Date Issued
2024
Date Acceptance
2024-02-15
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 2024, 32, pp.2085-2099
ISSN
1558-7916
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
2085
End Page
2099
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing
Volume
32
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2024 IEEE. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence in accordance with Imperial’s Research Publications Open Access policy (www.imperial.ac.uk/oa-policy)
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Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10465588
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-03-11