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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Norman Heitkamp, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven Wilssens, Kenmore, WA (US);
Philip Andrew Edry, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul J. Radek, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ibrahim Ziyad, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The techniques disclosed herein provide application programming interfaces (APIs) for enabling a system to select a spatialization technology. The APIs also enable a system to balance resources by allocating audio objects to a number of applications executing on a computer system. The system coordinates the audio objects between applications and each application can control the number of objects they individually generate. In some configurations, the system can also fold audio objects across different applications. Different spatialization technologies can be selected based on an analysis of contextual data and policy data. For instance, when a new headphone system is plugged in, the system may switch from Dolby Atmos to the Microsoft HoloLens HRTF spatialization technology. The system can dynamically control a number of generated audio objects and dynamically change a utilized spatialization technology based on changes to a computing environment.