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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Werner Paulus Josephus De Bruijn, Utrecht, NL;
Nathan Souviraa-Labastie, Mons-en-Baroeul, FR;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An audio apparatus comprises a receiver () receiving data describing an audio scene. The data comprises audio data for a set of audio elements corresponding to audio sources in the scene and further includes metadata comprising at least an audio rendering property indicator for a first audio element of the set of audio elements. A first renderer () renders audio elements by generating a first set of audio signals for a set of loudspeakers and a second renderer () renders audio elements by generating a second set of audio signals for a headphone. Further, a selector () is arranged to select between the first renderer and the second renderer for rendering of at least a first part of the first audio element in response to the first audio rendering property indicator. The approach may for example provide improved virtual reality experiences using loudspeakers and headphone hybrid rendering.