Fellowship focus: Establishing intellectual property (IP) protection for acoustic signatures in physical spaces.
Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) – a form of acoustic data representation – play a critical role in today’s audio technology applications. However, they may not meet the legal criteria for IP protection because they fall into a unique category as modelled representations of physical realities. Aimed at reducing uncertainty around IP in digital audio signal processing, Dr Khan will work with academics in Surrey’s Institute of Sound Recording to review existing standards, interview audio practitioners, and develop guidelines for digital audio researchers who want to protect their research outputs as a commercial asset and resource.