Sound field measuring device, method and program

A sound field measuring method using a sound field measuring device, the sound field measuring device obtaining frequency characteristics of a sound field by collecting output sound outputted from an audio system having a pair of speakers installed at a narrow interval therein, the sound field measuring method comprising:

• a low-range component extraction step in which a low-pass filter extracts low-range components of a first measurement signal;
• a mid/high-range component extraction step in which a high-pass filter extracts mid/high-range components of a second measurement signal different from the first measurement signal;
• a combined signal generation step in which a combined signal generation unit generates a combined signal by combining the low-range components of the first measurement signal extracted in the low-range component extraction step and the mid/high-range components of the second measurement signal extracted in the mid/high-range component extraction step;
• an external output step in which an external output unit outputs the first measurement signal whose low-range components have yet to be extracted in the low-range component extraction step and the combined signal generated in the combined signal generation step to the audio system so that the first measurement signal is outputted from one of the pair of speakers and the combined signal is simultaneously outputted from the other of the pair of speakers;
• a sound collection step in which a microphone collects the first measurement signal and the combined signal simultaneously outputted from the pair of speakers;
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• a Fourier transform step in which a Fourier transform unit obtains the frequency characteristics of the sound field by Fourier transforming the signals collected in the sound collection step,
• wherein an m-sequence code is used as the first measurement signal, and an m-sequence code orthogonal to the m-sequence code serving as the first measurement signal is used as the second measurement signal, the sound field measuring method further comprising:
• a maximum value detection step in which a maximum value detection unit obtains frequency characteristics composed of maximum values by detecting a maximum value of signal levels in a predetermined first frequency range while shifting the first frequency range in steps of a shorter frequency range than the first frequency range, on the basis of the frequency characteristics obtained in the Fourier transform step;
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• an average value calculation step in which an average value calculation unit obtains the frequency characteristics of the sound field by calculating an average value of signal levels in a predetermined second frequency range while shifting the second frequency range in steps of a shorter frequency range than the second frequency range, on the basis of frequency characteristics composed of the maximum values obtained in the maximum value detection step.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a sound field measuring program for causing a computer of a sound field measuring device for obtaining frequency characteristics of a sound field by collecting output sound outputted from an audio system having a pair of speakers installed at a narrow interval therein to perform:

• a low-pass filter function of extracting low-range components of a first measurement signal;
• a high-pass filter function of extracting mid/high-range components of a second measurement signal different from the first measurement signal;
• a combined signal generation function of generating a combined signal by combining the low-range components of the first measurement signal extracted by the low-pass filter function and the mid/high-range components of the second measurement signal extracted by the high-pass filter function;
• an external output function of outputting the first measurement signal whose low-range components have yet to be extracted by the low-pass filter function and the combined signal generated by the combined signal generation function to the audio system so that the first measurement signal is outputted from one of the pair of speakers and the combined signal is simultaneously outputted from the other of the pair of speakers;
• a sound collection function of collecting the first measurement signal and the combined signal simultaneously outputted from the pair of speakers using a microphone;
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• a Fourier transform function of obtaining the frequency characteristics of the sound field by Fourier transforming the signals collected by the sound collection function,
• wherein an m-sequence code is used as the first measurement signal, and an m-sequence code orthogonal to the m-sequence code serving as the first measurement signal is used as the second measurement signal, the sound field measuring program causing the computer to further perform:
• a maximum value detection function of obtaining frequency characteristics composed of maximum values by detecting a maximum value of signal levels in a predetermined first frequency range while shifting the first frequency range in steps of a shorter frequency range than the first frequency range, on the basis of the frequency characteristics obtained by the Fourier transform function;
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• an average value calculation function of obtaining the frequency characteristics of the sound field by calculating an average value of signal levels in a predetermined second frequency range while shifting the second frequency range in steps of a shorter frequency range than the second frequency range, on the basis of frequency characteristics composed of the maximum values detected by the maximum value detection function.