Sonel Mapping: A Stochastic Acoustical Modeling System

Author

Kapralos, B. ; Jenkin, M. ; Milios, E.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. & Eng., York Univ., Toronto, Ont.

Volume

5

fYear

2006

fDate

14-19 May 2006

Abstract

Modeling the acoustics of an environment is a complex and challenging task. Here we describe the sonel mapping approach to acoustical rendering. Sonel mapping is a Monte-Carlo-based approach to modeling diffuse, specular, absorption and diffraction effects in an efficient manner. The approach models many of the subtle interaction effects required for realistic acoustical modeling, and the approach is computationally efficient allowing it to be used to acoustically model interactive virtual environments

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; acoustic wave absorption; acoustic wave diffraction; acoustic wave scattering; rendering (computer graphics); stochastic systems; Monte-Carlo-based approach; absorption effects; acoustical rendering; diffraction effects; diffuse effects; interactive virtual environments; sonel mapping; specular effects; stochastic acoustical modeling system; Absorption; Acoustic diffraction; Acoustic propagation; Computer graphics; Computer science; Layout; Lighting; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Stochastic systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2006. ICASSP 2006 Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0469-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.2006.1661302

Filename

1661302