เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การติดตามรังสีเสียง	การบดบังทางจิต-โสตประสาท
สาขาวิชา	สวนศาสตร์	สวนศาสตร์
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1979	1961
ผู้ริเริ่ม	James Allen, David Berkley	Eberhard Zwicker
ประเภท	Computational room acoustics method	Perceptual model for audio systems
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Allen, J. B., & Berkley, D. A. (1979). Image method for efficiently simulating small-room acoustics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65(4), 943–950.	Zwicker, E., & Scharf, B. (1965). Psychoacoustics: Facts and Models. Springer-Verlag. ISBN: 978-3540631644
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	ray tracing, geometric acoustics, image source method, sound ray propagation	masking, temporal masking, frequency masking, auditory masking
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	5	5
สรุป	Acoustic ray tracing is a computational technique for predicting sound propagation in rooms by treating acoustic energy as rays that reflect specularly off surfaces. Formalized by Allen and Berkley in 1979 via the image source method, ray tracing is one of the most computationally efficient methods for room acoustic simulation, especially for early and mid-reflections. It is widely used in audio engineering, architectural acoustics, and interactive spatial audio for virtual environments.	Psychoacoustic masking describes how the human auditory system suppresses the perception of weak sounds in the presence of stronger sounds. Formalized by Eberhard Zwicker in the 1960s, masking is a fundamental phenomenon in hearing and the basis for perceptual audio coding (MP3, AAC, OPUS). Masking occurs both in frequency (spectral masking) and time (temporal masking), and understanding these effects enables efficient audio compression and realistic sound design.