Sound meets image: Freedom of expression in texture description

The use of sound was explored as means for expressing perceptual attributes of visual textures. Two sets of 17 visual textures were prepared: one set taken from the CUReT database1, and one set synthesized to replicate the former set. Participants were instructed to match a sound texture with a visual texture displayed onscreen. A modified...

Product Sound Design: Intentional and Consequential Sounds

Transitional Journey Maps: Capturing the dynamics of operational policing

Operational police work can be characterized by the continuous switching between surveillance, responding to incidents, and office activities. Transitions between these activities are initiated by radio contact, messages on a mobile data terminal, or personal observations. The “information environment” emerging from these channels may cause...

Auditory signal design for automatic number plate recognition system

This paper focuses on the design of an auditory signal for the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system of Dutch national police. The auditory signal is designed to alert police officers of suspicious cars in their proximity, communicating priority level and location of the suspicious car and taking into account the auditory environment of the...