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Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Takao Fukui, Tokyo, JP;

Ayataka Nishio, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Takao Fukui, Tokyo, JP;

Ayataka Nishio, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A head-related transfer function measurement method includes the steps of: first measuring, including placing an acousto-electric conversion unit nearby both ears of a listener where placement of an electro-acoustic conversion unit is assumed, picking up sound waves emitted at a perceived sound source position with the acousto-electric conversion unit in a state with a dummy head or a human at the listener position, and measuring a head-related transfer function from only the sound waves directly reaching the acousto-electric conversion unit; second measuring, including picking up sound waves emitted at a perceived sound source position with the acousto-electric conversion unit, with no dummy head or human at the listener position, and measuring a natural-state transfer property from only the sound waves directly reaching the acousto-electric conversion unit; normalizing the head-related transfer function with the natural-state transfer property to obtain a normalized head-related transfer function; which is stored in a storage unit.


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