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Initial checkin for AIM92 aimR8.2 (last updated May 1997).
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/man/man1/audim.1 Fri May 20 15:19:45 2011 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.TH AUDIM 1 "1 September 1993" + +.SH NAME +audim \- Auditory images. + +.SH SYNTAX +audim [options] [file] + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +This program provides +methods of constructing time-varying auditory images from the output of the +cochlear model which are alternatives to the gensai (stabilized auditory +image) program. Correlograms (ie. row-wise autocorrelation) and row-wise +Fourier transform are provided. + +The program reads an AIM +header and the output from the genbmm (basilar membrane motion) or gennap +(neural activity pattern) programs. This is divided into contiguous +time frames and written on the stdout with an appropriate header as if output +from the gensai program. This enables genbmm or gennap output to be divided into time +frames and replayed as a time-varying cartoon by gensai using the "useprevious" option. + +Additional processing to each frame is optionally available to compute +alternative forms of auditory image according to the "image" option. + +.SH OPTIONS + +The options "start" and "length" specify the size of the input. +The options "width" and "frstep" specify the frames which are output. +The input is divided into frames according to the width option and the +frstep option. + +Special option values are: + +.nf + length=max Read all the input from the given start to its end. + width=max Output framewidth is set equal to the given input + length, and if this is also "max", then the + framewidth is the remainder of the input. + frames=1-max Select the 1st to the last frame inclusively. + frame=4 Select the 4th frame only. + + image=off Divide the input into frames for replay as a cartoon. + image=acgram Compute correlogram of each frame. + image=ftgram Compute power spectrum of each channel of each frame. + image=phgram Compute phase spectrum of each channel of each frame. +.fi + +Most options in the input header are copied to the output header. +This enables options which are needed for the eventual display +to pass straight through. Some options are set so that they can override +the input header. For example, the display option is set on to enable +display even when input has display=off. The animate option can be set on +even when the input has animate=off. +Parts of the header are changed for the new sai format: +(frames, frameshift, framewidth, frameheight, framebytes). + +Certain display parameters have different default values for different +applications. The gensai display parameters should be set to the appropriate +values, in order to plot the cartoon on the same scale. For example: +when the source application is gennap, set gensai top=1000, +when the source application is genbmm, set gensai bottom=-100. + + +.SH EXAMPLES + +.nf + +1. To convert gennap output to multiple animated frames: + +gennap len=16ms display=off output=stdout file | \ + audim image=off width=8ms frstep=0.2ms anim=on > file.sai +gensai useprev=on file -(for landscape plot) +genspl useprev=on pensize=2 file -(for spiral plot) + +(Note: spirals look better in a square box, so you might use options: + dencf=1 width=500 height=500 ) + +2. An animated normalized correlogram from gennap output: + +gennap len=64ms output=stdout display=off file | \ + audim norm=on anim=on > file.sai +gensai useprev=on top=1000 file -(for landscape plot) +genspl useprev=on top=1000 pensize=2 file -(for spiral plot) + +.fi + +.SH "SEE ALSO" + +acgram ftgram edframe naptosai + +.SH COPYRIGHT +.LP +Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1995 +.LP +Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software without fee +is hereby granted for research purposes, provided that this copyright +notice appears in all copies and in all supporting documentation, and that +the software is not redistributed for any fee (except for a nominal +shipping charge). Anyone wanting to incorporate all or part of this +software in a commercial product must obtain a license from the Medical +Research Council. +.LP +The MRC makes no representations about the suitability of this +software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or +implied warranty. +.LP +THE MRC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING +ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL +THE A.P.U. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, +WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, +ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS +SOFTWARE. +