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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Bothell, WA (US);

Vamsi Krishna Ithapu, Kirkland, WA (US);

Antonio John Miller, Woodinville, WA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments relate to calibrating head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for a user of an audio system (e.g., as a component of a headset) using cartilage conducted sounds. A test sound is presented to a user using a transducer (e.g., cartilage conduction) and an audio signal is responsively received via a microphone at an entrance to the user's ear canal. The test sound and audio signal combination may be provided to an audio server where a model is used to determine one or more HRTFs for the user. Information describing the one or more HRTFs is provided to the audio system to be used for providing audio to the user. The audio server may also use a model to determine geometric information describing a pinna of the user based on the combination. In one embodiment, the geometric information is used to determine the one or more HRTFs for the user.


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