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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Fabien Cardinaux, Stuttgart, DE;
Michael Enenkl, Stuttgart, DE;
Marc Ferras Font, Stuttgart, DE;
Franck Giron, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Kemp, Stuttgart, DE;
Patrick Putzolu, Stuttgart, DE;
Andreas Schwager, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Uhlich, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); G06K 9/00832 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2420/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to obtain an audio signal of a first passenger of a vehicle and to control a loudspeaker array to generate at least one virtual sound source that reproduces the audio signal obtained from the first passenger, the virtual sound source being provided for a second passenger.