Engine Sound Simulation and Generation in Driving Simulator

Abstract

Simulating a driving environment that provides realistic engine sounds as auditory feedback to the driver can improve the immersion in a driving simulator. However, this is challenging due to the complexity of engine sounds and a wide range of vehicle speeds. This paper describes a method of engine sound simulation and generation for a driving simulator, using Spectral Modeling Synthesis (SMS) to decompose the sound samples into deterministic and stochastic components, and then to resynthesize the sounds with these two components. A linear interpolation method is proposed to generate engine sounds not available in the database from the sounds recorded at two nearby engine speeds. The method is successfully implemented in our driving simulator. Overall, the proposed method provides a practical solution for generating engine sounds of satisfactory quality for driving simulations.

Meeting Name

2018 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Annual Conference and Expo, IISE 2018 (2018: May 19-22, Orlando, FL)

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Second Department

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

INSPIRE - University Transportation Center

Second Research Center/Lab

Intelligent Systems Center

Keywords and Phrases

Driving Simulator; Sound Generation; Sound Modeling; Sound Simulation

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2018 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2018

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