Systems and methods for head related transfer function personalization

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• retrieve first image data of a first ear of a subject;
• compare the first image data with second image data of a plurality of second ears to identify a particular second ear of the plurality of second ears matching the first ear;
• identify a template HRTF associated with the particular second ear;
• and
• assign an individualized HRTF to the subject based on the template HRTF.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• retrieve left image data of a left ear of a first subject and right image data of a right ear of the first subject;
• modify an orientation of the left image data or right image data to have an orientation of second image data of a plurality of second subjects maintained in a database;
• modify a scale of the left image data and the right image data to have a scale of the second image data;
• after the modification, compare the left image data and the right image data with the second image data to identify left ear second image data matching the left image data and right ear second image data matching the right image data;
• retrieve a first HRTF associated with the left ear second image data in the database and a second HRTF associated with the right ear second image data in the database;
• and
• output an individualized HRTF based on the first HRTF and the second HRTF.