Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? From: "Richard F. Lyon" <dicklyon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:38:16 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--f403045c29d4e6248105654e964e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Here are earlier uses: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22head-related+transfer+function%22&hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_ylo=&as_yhi=1988 On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 6:46 AM, Marc Schoenwiesner <marcs@xxxxxxxx > wrote: > Dear all, > > does anyone know who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? The > first mention in a paper (as far as I have been able to determine) is by > Frederic Wightman and Doris Kistler in 1988, but they write: "...the > free-field-to-eardrum transfer function (sometimes called the head-related > transfer function, or HRTF)...", which sounds like there must be an earlier > source. > > Best, > Marc > > ======================== > Vice Dean Dept of Life Sciences > Professor of Neurobiology > Department of Biology > University of Leipzig > Talstrasse 33 __o > 04103 Leipzig _`\<,_ > +493419736723 <+49%20341%209736723> (+) / (+) > & Department of Psychology > University of Montreal > Montreal, Quebec, Canada > www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca > www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/ > http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/ > ======================== > > --f403045c29d4e6248105654e964e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Here are earlier uses:<br><a href=3D"https://scholar.googl= e.com/scholar?q=3D%22head-related+transfer+function%22&hl=3Den&as_s= dt=3D1%2C5&as_ylo=3D&as_yhi=3D1988">https://scholar.google.com/scho= lar?q=3D%22head-related+transfer+function%22&hl=3Den&as_sdt=3D1%2C5= &as_ylo=3D&as_yhi=3D1988</a><br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra= "><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 6:46 AM, Marc Scho= enwiesner <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:marcs@xxxxxxxx" = target=3D"_blank">marcs@xxxxxxxx</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockqu= ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s= olid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-= white-space"><span style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">Dear all,</spa= n><div style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light"><br></div><div style=3D"fo= nt-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">does anyone know who coined the term=C2=A0&q= uot;head-related transfer function"? The first mention in a paper (as = far as I have been able to determine) is by Frederic Wightman and Doris Kis= tler in 1988, but they write: "...the free-field-to-eardrum transfer f= unction (sometimes called the head-related transfer function, or HRTF)...&q= uot;, which sounds like there must be an earlier source.</div><div style=3D= "font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Helve= ticaNeue-Light">Best,</div><div style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">M= arc</div><div style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light"><br></div><div> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-fam= ily:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;fon= t-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text= -transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>Vice Dean Dept of Li= fe Sciences</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-= size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;let= ter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whi= te-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Professor =C2=A0of =C2=A0Neurobiology<br>= Department of Biology<br>University of Leipzig<br>Talstrasse 33 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 __o<br>04103 Leipzig =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 _`\<,_<br><a href=3D"tel:+49%20341%209736723" value=3D"+493419736= 723" target=3D"_blank">+493419736723</a> =C2=A0 =C2=A0(+) / (+)<br>& De= partment of Psychology<br>University =C2=A0of =C2=A0Montreal<br>Montreal, Q= uebec, Canada<br><a href=3D"http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca" target=3D"_blan= k">www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~neu= ro/" target=3D"_blank">www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/</a><br><a href=3D"http://= uni-leipzig.de/~acn/" target=3D"_blank">http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/</a><br>= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</d= iv></div> </div> <br></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --f403045c29d4e6248105654e964e--