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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mehmet Akgul, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Singh Alvarado, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaoyuan Tu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Margaret H. Tam, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/012 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed for user posture change detection for triggering re-centering of spatial audio. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining source device motion data from a source device and headset motion data from a headset worn by a user; estimating a gravity vector from one of the source device or headset motion data; splitting the source device and headset motion data into vertical and horizontal planes, the vertical plane in the direction of the estimated gravity vector and the horizontal plane perpendicular to the estimated gravity vector; calculating similarity measures based on the source device motion data and headset motion data in the vertical and horizontal planes over a time window; detecting a posture change event based on the calculated similarity measures; and resetting a head tracker error after the detected user posture change event.


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