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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Alfredo Fernandez Franco, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include techniques for generating a clean 3D shape of a portion of the human head of a subject from a 3D scan that includes overlaying surfaces that occlude a portion of the head, where the overlaying surfaces where, the overlaying surfaces are acoustically transparent, such as human hair. These techniques use heuristic constraints to generate a clean 3D shape of a human head for the purpose of generating a more realistic head-related transfer function (HRTF) that is individualized for the subject. The improved HRTF, when applied to a sound system, leads to a more immersive and realistic acoustic experience for the subject when listening to music, experiencing a virtual reality experience, and/or the like.