Dr Ben Shirley's Outputs (65)

Intelligibility vs comprehension : understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Shirley, B., & Ward, L. (2016, June). Intelligibility vs comprehension : understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast. Presented at Understanding Media Accessibility Quality, Barcelona, Spain

For traditional broadcasting formats, implementation of accessible audio strategies for hard of hearing people have used a binary, intelligibility-based approach. In this approach sounds are categorized either as speech, contributing to comprehension... Read More about Intelligibility vs comprehension : understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast.

Assistive mixing system and method of assembling a synchronised spatial sound stage (2016)
Patent

To permit contextually relevant sound events, such as blowing of a referee's whistle, to be identified, selected and broadcast in a time-delayed audio mix, FIG. 1 shows a system in which multiple directional microphones (DM1-DM12) capture sound event... Read More about Assistive mixing system and method of assembling a synchronised spatial sound stage.

Application of object-based audio for automated mixing of live football broadcast (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Satongar, D. (2015, October). Application of object-based audio for automated mixing of live football broadcast. Presented at 139th AES Convention, New York, USA

The challenge of creating a live sound mix for a sports event such as a football/soccer match cannot be underestimated. The mixing engineer needs to constantly raise and lower the levels of the faders corresponding to the pitch-side microphones that... Read More about Application of object-based audio for automated mixing of live football broadcast.

Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers (2015)
Journal Article
Shirley, B., & Oldfield, R. (2015). Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63(4), 245-256. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2015.0017

As the percentage of the population with hearing loss increases, broadcasters are receiving more complaints about the difficulty in understanding dialog in the presence of background sound and music. This article explores these issues, reviews previo... Read More about Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers.

An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Spille, J. (2014, October). An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting. Poster presented at 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Los Angeles, USA

This paper describes audio recording, delivery, and rendering for an end-to-end broadcast system allowing users free navigation of panoramic video content with matching interactive audio. The system is based on one developed as part of the EU FP7 fun... Read More about An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting.

Media production, delivery and interaction for platform independent systems : format-agnostic media (2013)
Book

The underlying audio and video processing technology that is discussed in the book relates to areas such as 3D object extraction, audio event detection; 3D sound rendering and face detection, gesture analysis and tracking using video and depth inform... Read More about Media production, delivery and interaction for platform independent systems : format-agnostic media.

State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter describes the fundamental technical aspects of current TV production. It provides an overview of the ways in which technical limitations inherent in image capture have become a part of the ‘grammar’ of storytelling. It talks about curren... Read More about State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery.

Platform independent audio (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter defines problem space from an audio perspective reviewing some of the current challenges faced in channel-based audio broadcast. The first section introduces some of the drivers for change in the broadcast environment, followed by explan... Read More about Platform independent audio.

Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video (2013)
Book Chapter
Macq, J., Alface, P., Brandenberg, R., Niamut, O., Prins, M., & Verzijp, N. (2013). Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video. In B. Shirley (Ed.), Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media (260-297). Wiley

In recent years many developments have addressed the generic objective of delivering audiovisual content based on a single representation made available at the source, and where the network gets the ability to adapt the content on an end user basis.... Read More about Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video.

Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Cullen, N. (2013, July). Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast. Presented at Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, San Jose, Ca, USA

Recent interest in object-based audio systems for cinema opens interesting possibilities to extend the reach of an object-based approach to television broadcast of live events. For events where microphones may be placed close to the source of each so... Read More about Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast.

Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast (2013)
Journal Article
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Spille, J. (2015). Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 74(8), 2717-2741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-013-1472-2

An end-to-end AV broadcast system providing an immersive, interactive experience for live events is the development aim for the EU FP7 funded project, FascinatE. The project has developed real time audio object event detection and localisation, scene... Read More about Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast.

Interim System Integration. FascinatE deliverable D1. 5.2 (2012)
Report

Interim system specification. FascinatE deliverable D1. 4.2 (2012)
Report

Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production (2011)
Book
Thomas, G., Schreer, O., Shirley, B., & Spille, J. (2011). Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production. IBC

The media industry is currently being pulled in the often-opposing directions of increased realism (high resolution, stereoscopic, large screen) and personalisation (selection and control of content, availability on many devices). A capture, producti... Read More about Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production.

Format-Agnostic approach for 3d audio (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Kropp, H., Spille, J., Batke, J., Abeling, S., Keiler, F., Oldfield, R., & Shirley, B. (2011, September). Format-Agnostic approach for 3d audio. Presented at IBC, Amsterdam

In the market exists a large variety of media devices, reaching from mobile handsets equipped with headphones up to an ultra-high resolution display connected with a large loudspeaker setup. This makes it difficult for the broadcast industry to provi... Read More about Format-Agnostic approach for 3d audio.

Recording spatial audio signals for interactive broadcast systems (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Batke, J., Spille, J., Kropp, H., Kordon, S., Abeling, S., Shirley, B., & Oldfield, R. (2011, June). Recording spatial audio signals for interactive broadcast systems. Presented at 6th Forum Acusticum, organized by the European Acoustics Association (EAA), Aalborg, Denmark

Spatial audio processing is a key feature of the European funded FascinatE project. The FascinatE project will develop a system to allow end-users to interactively navigate and view around an ultra-high resolution video panorama showing a live event,... Read More about Recording spatial audio signals for interactive broadcast systems.

Spatial audio processing for interactive TV services (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Batke, J., Spille, J., Kropp, H., Abeling, S., Shirley, B., & Oldfield, R. (2011, May). Spatial audio processing for interactive TV services. Presented at 130th AES Convention, London

FascinatE is a European funded project that aims at developing a system to allow end users to interactively navigate around a video panorama showing a live event, with the accompanying audio automatically changing to match the selected view. The audi... Read More about Spatial audio processing for interactive TV services.

FascinatE D3. 1.1 Survey of metadata and knowledge for automated scripting (2010)
Report

This document defines the various types of metadata in the FascinatE system and discusses representation requirements and candidate formats. The document considers various types of metadata describing capture, production, context, content, scripts, n... Read More about FascinatE D3. 1.1 Survey of metadata and knowledge for automated scripting.

FascinatE newsletter 1 (2010)
Other
Thallinger, G., & Shirley, B. (2010). FascinatE newsletter 1

This FascinatE newsletter explains how gesture recognition will be used in the FascinatE system, how our first test shoot went at a Premier League football match, and explains about up and coming events.

Performance of independent component analysis when used to separate competing acoustic sources in anechoic and reverberant conditions (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Shirley, B., & Kendrick, P. (2008, May). Performance of independent component analysis when used to separate competing acoustic sources in anechoic and reverberant conditions. Presented at AES 124th Convention, Amsterdam

A review of existing methods for independent component analysis was carried out and a series of experiments conducted assessing the use of existing independent component analysis (ICA) methods to separate microphone sources in varied acoustic environ... Read More about Performance of independent component analysis when used to separate competing acoustic sources in anechoic and reverberant conditions.