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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Vladimir Tourbabin, Sammamish, WA (US);

Jacob Ryan Donley, Kirkland, WA (US);

Antonio John Miller, Woodinville, WA (US);

Ravish Mehra, Tacoma, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/1781 (2018.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/002 (2013.01); G10K 2210/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract

An audio system for a wearable device dynamically updates acoustic transfer functions. The audio system is configured to estimate a direction of arrival (DoA) of each sound source detected by a microphone array relative to a position of the wearable device within a local area. The audio system may track the movement of each sound source. The audio system may form a beam in the direction of each sound source. The audio system may identify and classify each sound source based on the sound source properties. Based on the DoA estimates, the movement tracking, and the beamforming, the audio system generates or updates the acoustic transfer functions for the sound sources.


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