Sonification of Range Information for 3-D Space Perception

 

Bill Kapralos and Sotirios Stergiopoulos
(under the supervision of Professor E. Milios)
 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Equipment

Description
     Overview
     The Mappings
          Frequency Mappings
          Velocity (Amplitude) Mappings
          Note Duration
     Proportional Mode
          Min/Max Allowable Changes
          Frequency Mapping
          Velocity Mapping
          Depth Discontinuity
               Different Notes to Convey a Depth Discontinuity
          Reference Proprtional Mapping
     Derivative Mode
          Change/No-Change
          Absolute Mappings
               Regular Absolute Mapping
          Non-Absolute Mappings
               Frequency Piece-Wise Constant
               Different Instrument
               Different Instrument with Different Ranges

Source Code Description
     Helper Functions
          serial_mac.h
          serial_mac.c
          lrf_functions.h
          lrf_functions.c
          lrf_audio.h
          lrf_audio.c
     Main Programs
          Proportional Mode Code
               proportional.c
               referenceProportional.c
          Derivative Mode Code
               Absolute Code
                    regularAbsolute.c
               Non-Absolute Code
                    pieceWiseConstFreq.c
                    differentInstrument.c
     Miscellaneous Code

Ideas for Future Continuation
     Creating a Graphical User Interface
     Experimentation
     Use of the New Laser Range Finder
     Echo as a Distance Cue

Conclusions
     Discussion
     Acknowledgments

References

Appendix
     Appendix A - Laser Range Finder (LRF)
     Appendix B - Apple Sound Manager
     Appendix C - Midi and The Quick Time Music Architecture