Performance of Source Spatialization and Source Localization Algorithms Using Conjoint Models of Interaural Level and Time Cues

In this paper, we describe a head-model based on interaural cues (e.g. interaural level differences and interaural time differences). Based on this model, we proposed, in previous works, a binaural source spatialization method (SSPA), that we extended to a multispeaker spatialization technique that works on a speaker array in a pairwise motion (MSPA) [1], [2]. Here, we evaluate the spatialization techniques, and compare them to well-known methods (e.g. VBAP (Vector Base Amplitude Panning) [3]). We also test the robustness of a adapted conjoint localization method under noisy and reverberant conditions; this method uses spectra of recorded binaural signals, and tries to minimize the distance between the ILD and ITD based azimuth estimates. We show comparative results with the PHAT generalized cross-correlation localization method [4].