Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
Document Type
Conference Paper
Date of this Version
2013
Publication Source
Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA '13)
Start Page
135
Last Page
144
DOI
10.1145/2485895.2485911
Abstract
The perception of sensory information and its impact on behavior is a fundamental component of being human. While visual perception is considered for navigation, collision, and behavior selection, the acoustic domain is relatively unexplored. Recent work in acoustics focuses on synthesizing sound in 3D environments; however, the perception of acoustic signals by a virtual agent is a useful and realistic adjunct to any behavior selection mechanism. In this paper, we present SPREAD, a novel agent-based sound perception model using a discretized sound packet representation with acoustic features including amplitude, frequency range, and duration. SPREAD simulates how sound packets are propagated, attenuated, and degraded as they traverse the virtual environment. Agents perceive and classify the sounds based on the locally-received packet set using a hierarchical clustering scheme, and have individualized hearing and understanding of their surroundings. Using this model, we demonstrate several simulations that greatly enrich controls and outcomes.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© ACM 2013. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in Eurographics Symposium of Computer Animation (SCA '13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2485895.2485911.
Keywords
autonomous agent, sound representation, sound propagation, sound perception
Recommended Citation
Huang, P., Kapadia, M., & Badler, N. I. (2013). SPREAD: Sound Propagation and Perception for Autonomous Agents in Dynamic Environments. Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA '13), 135-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2485895.2485911
Date Posted: 29 February 2016