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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2016
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark David De Burgh, Mount Colah, AU;
Tet Fei Yap, Lane Cove North, AU;
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods a provided for improving an audio scene for people suffering from hearing loss or for adverse hearing environments. Audio objects may be prioritized. In some implementations, audio objects that correspond to dialog may be assigned to a highest priority level. Other implementations may involve assigning the highest priority to other types of audio objects, such as audio objects that correspond to events. During a process of dynamic range compression, higher-priority objects may be boosted more, or cut less, than lower-priority objects. Some lower-priority audio objects may fall below the threshold of human hearing, in which case the audio objects may be dropped and not rendered.