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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Darius A. Satongar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Martin E. Johnson, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Peter Victor Jupin, Copenhagen, DK;

Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/304 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

An audio system and a method of using the audio system to generate a head-related transfer function (HRTF) map, are described. The audio system can determine one or more HRTF and corresponding HRTF locations along an azimuthal path of an azimuth extending around a head of a user. The HRTFs or HRTF locations can be measured, and other HRTFs or HRTF locations can be interpolated or extrapolated. The HRTF map can include the HRTFs assigned to HRTF locations along the azimuth. HRTFs from the HRTF map are used to render spatial audio to the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.


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