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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin E. Johnson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tom-Davy W. Saux, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a multi-listener stereo image array which provides multiple separate stereo images of audio content to each of multiple listeners while mitigating interference of audio signals which provide separate stereo images to separate listeners. The array can include sensors which can monitor the environment and can identify relative positions of various listeners and can further control the audio signal patterns generated by the drivers of the array to propagate towards positions associated with particular listeners and be at least partially restricted from propagating towards positions associated with other listeners.