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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeo Matsukawa, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/32 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/32 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04S 3/004 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 2205/022 (2013.01); H04R 2420/01 (2013.01); H04R 2430/03 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
Environmental sound is recorded using one or more microphones. A source of the recorded environmental sound is classified. The recorded environmental sound is weighted based on the classification of the source and the source media sound using a weighting mode to determine whether to mix the recorded environmental. The recorded environmental sound is mixed with source media sound to produce a mixed sound based on the determination. The mixed sound is played over one or more speakers.