Accession Number:

AD1041347

Title:

Strategies for Characterizing the Sensory Environment: Objective and Subjective Evaluation Methods using the VisiSonic Real Space 64/5 Audio-Visual Panoramic Camera

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,14 Jul 2017,20 Jul 2017

Corporate Author:

US Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States

Personal Author(s):

• McArdle,Joseph
• Foots,Ashley
• Stachowiak,Chris
• Dickerson,Kelly

Report Date:

2017-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

36.0

Abstract:

The VisiSonics RealSpace 645 Audio-Visual Panoramic VRAP Camera captures high-resolution panoramic video and full-dimension audio in laboratory or field environments. Online and offline analysis and visualization tools enable sound source identification localization using, among other sources, sound pressure level dynamics. This report aims to extend the user manual produced by VisiSonics by familiarizing potential users of the VRAP with features, display elements, and procedures for operation of the VRAP hardware and software by using an illustrative use case where the VRAP was deployed in the field. The use case addresses limitations of the ecological frequency i.e., prevalence measure, an approach described by Ballas 1993 for determining the representativeness of a set of sounds in a given environment. The use case evaluates the impact of high-quality panoramic audiovisual captures of the environment on the observers ability to extract ecological frequency information from a scene.

Descriptors:

• field programmable gate arrays
• test and evaluation
• panoramic cameras
• graphical user interface
• operating systems
• computer programming
• data acquisition
• application software
• BEAM FORMING
• AUDITORY PERCEPTION

Subject Categories:

• Photography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE