EP1520447A1 - Method and device for generating data about the mutual position of at least three acoustic transducers - Google Patents
Method and device for generating data about the mutual position of at least three acoustic transducersInfo
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- EP1520447A1 EP1520447A1 EP03720076A EP03720076A EP1520447A1 EP 1520447 A1 EP1520447 A1 EP 1520447A1 EP 03720076 A EP03720076 A EP 03720076A EP 03720076 A EP03720076 A EP 03720076A EP 1520447 A1 EP1520447 A1 EP 1520447A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S7/00—Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
- H04S7/30—Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field
- H04S7/302—Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation
- H04S7/303—Tracking of listener position or orientation
- H04S7/304—For headphones
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04S1/00—Two-channel systems
- H04S1/002—Non-adaptive circuits, e.g. manually adjustable or static, for enhancing the sound image or the spatial distribution
- H04S1/005—For headphones
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- the invention relates to a method and a device for generating data on the mutual position of at least three sound transducers
- a first class of inventions proposes a transmitter which is attached to said headphones and is used exclusively for transmission uses a signal from which the orientation and position of the head can be calculated.
- the signal emitted is either an infrared, an ultrasound or a magnetic signal.
- a corresponding receiver forwards the received signal to a computing unit, where the orientation and / or the position of the human head is calculated.
- a second class of inventions uses a gyrator or an angular rate measuring device which is attached to the headphones.
- the orientation (rotation) of the head can be determined directly from the angular rate measuring device.
- Such devices are also used in digital cameras to prevent unwanted tremors to compensate by hand However, such devices have a significant drift. Therefore, this method is preferably used for relative measurements.
- Such a device is published in EP-1 176 848 A2
- a third class of inventions relates to a combination of the two aforementioned methods.
- An angular velocity measuring device is used for measuring the head movements. Additional ultrasound or infrared transmitters and receivers are used to calibrate the drift of the angular velocity measuring device
- the invention relates to a method and a device for generating data on the mutual position of at least three sound transducers
- a first class of inventions proposes a transmitter which is attached to said headphones.This transmitter is used exclusively for transmitting a headphone Signals from which the orientation and position of the head can be calculated.
- the signal emitted is either an infrared, an ultrasound or a magnetic signal.
- a corresponding receiver forwards the received signal to a computing unit, where the orientation and / or the Position of the human head is calculated.
- a second class of inventions uses a gyrator or an angular velocity measuring device which is attached to the headphones.
- the orientation (rotation) of the head can be determined directly from the angular velocity measuring device.
- Such devices are also used in digital cameras to prevent unwanted tremors to compensate by hand However, such devices have a significant drift. Therefore, this method is preferably used for relative measurements.
- Such a device is published in EP-1 176 848 A2
- a third class of inventions relates to a combination of the two aforementioned methods.
- An angular velocity measuring device is used for measuring the head movements. Additional ultrasound or infrared transmitters and receivers are used to calibrate the odor of the angular velocity measuring device
- JP 06 082242 a device is known with which the position and orientation of a headphone in three-dimensional space can be determined with the aid of ultrasound signals.
- three additional sound transducers are attached to the headphones, which are only ultrasound signals for the determination the position and onenireung give three more, distributed transducers in the room to receive these ultrasound signals.
- An electrical or optical reference signal from the headphones is given to the receiver of the ultrasound signals and the time delays of the ultrasound signals are determined for each receiver.These are reference signals in different frequency bands
- a disadvantage of this design is that in addition to the sound transducers for the sound signal, separate sound transducers must also be provided for the position and orientation determination This or optical reference signal are generated. This arrangement and the necessary division of the ultrasonic signals into several frequency bands results in a very complex signal evaluation in order to determine the position and orientation of the headphones
- a device in which loudspeakers are distributed in a room and the position of a listener is to be determined.
- the loudspeakers emit ultrasound signals which are received by a receiver at the location of the listener from the different running times of the listener
- Ultrasound signals from the individual loudspeakers to the receiver can determine the position of the receiver or listener. Since there are no dedicated ultrasound transducers, the position must be determined before the actual sound reproduction.
- the loudspeakers are also arranged in a fixed position so that this device can only be used once , position determination provided before the sound reproduction is suitable. The position of the listener cannot be continuously measured. For both of the devices mentioned, it also applies that they use the correlation of incoming ultrasound signals to determine the position.
- the invention as characterized in the claims, therefore achieves the object of providing a method and a device which continuously measure and calculate the mutual position of at least three sound transducers, in particular the rotation and the position of a human head with headphones within a room without an additional transmission element on the head, headphones or body of the listener, while allowing sound reproduction
- a first electrical signal is generated for a first sound transducer, which converts it into a first sound signal
- a second electrical signal is generated for a second sound transducer, which converts it into a second sound signal
- a first ultrasonic signal is added to the first electrical signal
- a second ultrasound signal is added to the second electrical signal before the signals arrive in the sound transducer
- the first and second signals with the added ultrasound signals are emitted by the first and second sound transducers
- at least one third sound transducer is the first and second Signals recorded with their ultrasound signals and converted back into an electrical signal
- the detected ultrasound signals are filtered out and separated from the first and second signals, that with them and from the first and second generated ultrasound signals a first and a second delay g signal is formed and a position signal is derived therefrom from the delay signals, which indicates the position of at least one transducer relative to the other transducers
- a group of at least two sound transducers can be at a fixed relative distance from one another. According to the method described, the orientation or angular position of these two sound transducers can be calculated with a fixed relative distance from at least one further sound transducer
- a first group of at least two sound transducers for sound reproduction can be at a fixed relative distance from one another and a second group of at least two further sound transducers for sound recording at a fixed relative distance from one another.Finally, according to the method according to the invention, the position and orientation of the first or second group to the other first or second group in a planar plane
- a first group of at least three sound transducers for sound reproduction or sound recording can be at a fixed relative distance from one another and a second group of at least two further sound transducers for sound reproduction or sound recording can be at a fixed relative distance from one another.
- an apparatus for performing the described method comprises at least a first sound transducer, a second sound transducer and a third sound transducer.
- a digitally working system is connected to the first, second and third sound transducer and has an output path for outputting sound signals to at least one of the first and second mentioned and third sound transducer and an input path, for receiving signals from at least one of said first, second and third sound transducers.
- said digitally operating system contains a sound source and an ultrasound signal generator, both of which are connected to said output path for outputting sound signals.
- An information generator for a position indication is connected to the input path, to which a filter for the recovery of ultrasound signals is also connected.
- the first and second sound transducers can be the left and right sound transducers s headphones while the third sound transducer is, for example, a stationary microphone.
- said first and second sound transducers can each be a stationary loudspeaker, while the third sound transducer is a portable microphone that can be moved around the room
- the built-in sound transducers of a commercial headphone are used instead of further sound transducers or transmitters More specifically, the sound transducers of the headphones are used both for sound reproduction and for transmitting ultrasound signals.The same applies in the example of loudspeakers as well as for the transmission of ultrasound signals. Therefore any headphones or speakers can be used and additional cables can be omitted. Furthermore, the position and orientation of a human head can be measured during the sound reproduction without interrupting the sound reproduction
- the present method and the present device are mainly used in two different fields of application, head tracking and listening tracking, both during sound reproduction and both without an additional transmission element
- the first area of application relates to all applications where head tracking is necessary or useful in connection with headphones.
- Head tracking means the continuous measurement and evaluation of the movements - the rotation and change in position - of a human head with headphones. More specifically, the invention relates to multimedia and gaming applications where a staff member Computers, a game console or any similar device can use the three-dimensional position and rotation of a human head wearing headphones
- the invention can be used in applications with headphones for telephony or radio traffic, such as in conference calls or in 5
- Airplane cockpits where audio sources can be "placed" in a virtual acoustic environment according to the position and rotation of the human head
- the same invention can be used to track a listener in a room with many speakers installed.
- Such an installation can be a DVD system with five speakers and a subwoofer, or any other arrangement with any number of speakers anywhere in the room Room mounted
- By tracking the listener in the room it is possible to adapt the sweet spot to the current position of the listener.
- the sweet spot is the place in the room where the sound reproduction of all speakers gives a balanced signal and the best listening experience is achieved
- Other inventions, with this method and this device it is possible to measure and evaluate the position of the listener in space continuously and dynamically and without the need for an additional transmitting element
- Figure 5 shows a schematic arrangement of the elements for a second application of the present invention
- Fig. 6 shows a schematic representation of the positions of different elements of said second application
- headphones 7, each with a sound transducer 7a and 7b for the right and left ear, are connected to a digitally working system 13, which can process sound signals and output them via a connection 5, which can be designed as a cable or wireless connection
- a digitally working system 13 can be, for example, a personal computer, a game console, a set-top box or a similar device of this type, which generates sound signals for a listener 6.
- this digital system 13 contains a source 1 for generating unmodified ones Sound signals, an ultrasound generator 2 which produces inaudible signals above the hearing threshold, typically above 20 kHz, and a digital-to-analog converter 4 (DAC 4).
- DAC 4 digital-to-analog converter
- the source 1 for the unmodified sound signal can for example be a CD player, a music file or ir another sound source inside or outside the system 13.
- This source 1 generates the sound signal that the listener 6 would like to hear 6 several sound transducers 8, such as microphones or ultrasound receivers, are attached in front of the receiver 6 and are connected to the digital system 13 via a connection 9.
- This connection 9 can in turn be a cable or a wireless connection.
- An analog-to-digital converter 10 ( ADC 10) is connected via connections 16 and 17 to a filter 11 and to an information generator 12 for a position indication.
- Source 1 with connections 15, converter 4 and connections 5 form an output path 19.
- Connection 9, converter 10, the filter 11 with the connections 16 and 17 and the information generator 12 for the position indication are elements which form an input path 20
- the digital system 13 produces an audio signal, which is emitted by the source 1, passed through the lines 15 and, after the conversion in the converter 4, is passed through the connections 5 to the first and second sound converters 7a and 7b, which are on the headphones 7 and thus placed on the head 6.
- the ultrasound generator 2 generates two separate ultrasound signals, one for each sound transducer 7a and 7b of the headphones, each above 20 kHz, which can be in adjacent frequency bands
- the two ultrasound signals are temporary sequences in the same frequency band above 20 kHz, a temporary sequence for the right transducer 7a of the headphone 7 and one for the left transducer 7b.
- the sequences are alternately emitted for a short time
- transducer 4 can also be used with a normal audio transducer a sampling rate of 48 kHz Since transducers with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz have recently become available, a significantly higher ultrasonic signal of over 24 kHz can be used. This can then be done with the corresponding ADC 10, which also has a sampling rate of 96 kHz works, be converted back again
- Said ultrasound signals are also continuously emitted by sound transducers 7a and 7b.
- the person who wears headphones 7 cannot hear the ultrasound signals, although the sound transducers emit them.
- the emitted ultrasound signal can be weak because the vaporization in the air and the absorption of materials are quite strong for signals above 20 kHz.
- these signals can be of some form in order to achieve a good signal quality and being able to receive the ultrasonic signal at a distance of several meters is a band-centered 7 pseudo white noise is the most suitable for this.
- Suitable signals are maximum-length sequences with an autocorrelation function with a precisely defined single maximum.Other options are Golay sequences and sequences with aperiodic phase, which can improve signal detection in a noisy environment.
- At least two adders 3a and 3b are used for the signal in the output path 19, in which the output signal is the sum of the input signal of the source 1 and the ultrasound generator 2.
- a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 4 has at least two digital signal inputs connected to the adders 3a and 3b, and Two analog outputs
- the connection 5, for example a cable or a wireless connection, is used to transmit the signals from the digital system 13 to the headphones 7
- a human head 6 wears the standard, commercially available headphones 7
- the analog-to-digital converter ( ADC) 10 converts at least one analog signal, which s was received by the sound transducer 8 into at least one digital signal. Of course, this received signal contains both ultrasonic signals from the sound transducer 7a and 7b.
- the signal at the output of the transducer 10 has the form as can be seen in FIG. 2.
- an unmodified audio signal 23 is in the frequency band below approximately 20 kHz.
- Two separate frequency bands 24 and 25 can be seen above 20 kHz, of which one frequency band 24 can be assigned to the right sound converter 7a and the other frequency band 25 to the left sound converter 7b.
- the filter 11, connected to the converter 10, processes the received signal and filters it by means of a high-pass filter Frequency band 23 below 20 kHz from the waveform in Fig.
- a second filter in said filter 11 separates the two ultrasound signals contained into two individual, reconstructed ultrasound signals, one of which is reconstructed Signal contains the ultrasound signal 24 from the right sound transducer 7a and the other reconstructed signal contains the ultrasound signal 25 from the left sound transducer 7b of the headphone 7.
- said second filter is a bandpass filter and it is used for each frequency band more appropriately
- Cross-correlation with the known input signals can improve the signal-to-noise ratio.
- Such filter techniques by means of cross-correlation are known techniques of their kind and are therefore not explained in more detail here
- the said second filter is a decoder of the said sequences 8th
- the filter 11 reconstructs and separates an ultrasonic signal for the right and left sound transducers 7a and 7b for each receiver 8. Said signals are then passed on to the information generator 12
- the information generator 12 can also receive the original ultrasound signal from the ultrasound generator 2 via a connection 18, specifically together with the reconstructed ultrasound signal that arrives from the filter 11 via the connection 17. It compares the two ultrasound signals by means of a digital cross-correlation. Two delays, one for the right one and one for the left ultrasound signal arises for each receiver or microphone 8 depending on the distance of the sound transducers 7a and 7b to the third sound transducer or receiver 8. If a receiver or microphone 8 is used, the rotation or orientation of the head 6 can be caused by the difference in distance to be determined to the receiver 8 This is explained by means of FIG. 3.
- the difference between the two delays mentioned provides the information about the differences between distances 37 and 38 of the right sound transducer 7a to the microphone 8 and of the left sound transducer 7b to the microphone 8.
- the rotation n or the angular position of the head 6, printed out at the angle ⁇ , 39 can be calculated by means of triangulation in a manner known per se and therefore not explained in more detail here, if one knows the width of the head or the average width of a human head, which likewise Known as known Precise calibration of the individual head width is easily possible using personal measurements.
- the average of the two distances 37 and 38 gives the information about the absolute distance from the center of the head 6 to the receiver 8
- the rotation and a two-dimensional, exact position specification of the head 6 with respect to the receivers 8a and 8b can be calculated.
- the position specification can be determined by means of triangulation with the additional knowledge of the distances 41 and 42 to the second receiver 8b and the distance 40 between the two receivers.
- the sound transducers involved lie in a planar plane, which here corresponds to the drawing plane or a parallel plane to it 9
- the rotation and the exact position can also be calculated in three-dimensional space. Again, triangulation is used with the additional knowledge of all distances to all receivers and all distances between all receivers
- the information about the rotation and position of the head 6 is available in digital form as a signal 14 (FIG. 1) at an output. It can be used in an application based on the digital system running In most cases, the audio-visual content that is offered to the user by means of loudspeakers, headphones, etc. is changed depending on the rotation and position of the user
- FIG. 5 A second application of the invention is shown in FIG. 5.
- the same digital system 13 which can process sound signals as described previously in FIG. 1, can be used to connect a listener in a room with two or more loudspeakers 51a and 51b
- the two loudspeakers 51a and 51b replace the sound transducers 7a and 7b of the headphone, which is known from FIG. 1.
- at least two ultrasound signals are generated by the ultrasound generator 2 and become the unmodified audio signal from the source 1 in added to adders 3a and 3b.
- digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 4 converts the digital signals into analog signals.
- DAC digital-to-analog converter
- ADC analog-to-digital converter
- the filter 1 1 filters out the sound signal and extracts the ultrasound signals.
- the position of the loudspeakers is known and is in the Information generator 12 stored after this position has been measured and entered using a keyboard.
- the information generator 12 calculates the position of the receiver 8 from the said ultrasound signals, which is unknown in this case. This is again achieved by triangulation with the given positions of the loudspeakers 51a and 51 b and the given distance between speakers 51a and 51b
- the listener can carry or hold the receiver 8 in any suitable manner and can move freely in the space inside the loudspeakers.
- the listener cannot hear the ultrasound signals which are emitted by the loudspeakers. Nevertheless, the receiver can detect them.
- the information generator can track the listener continuously and determine the current position
- the position of the loudspeakers can of course also be calculated from the known position of the listeners
- the listener can also carry two receivers 8a and 8b. In this case, not only the position of the listener in the room but also the rotation or orientation in the room with respect to the position of the loudspeakers can be calculated.
- the receivers 8a and 8b a fixed distance 65 and are attached to the same portable element.
- the following distances are calculated from the corresponding delay times.
- the position of both receivers 8a and 8b can be calculated by means of triangulation.
- the unmodified sound signal from the source 1 and the ultrasound signal from the ultrasound generator 2 can be calculated also added as an analog signal after converter 4 w In this case, an additional converter is required to convert the ultrasound signals to analog signals
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