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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jared King, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shai Messingher Lang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Symeon Delikaris Manias, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04S 5/00 (2013.01); H04S 2420/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
Each of a plurality of virtual loudspeaker arrays and their channels are produced, based on a corresponding microphone array and microphone signals thereof. Channels of a hallucinated loudspeaker array are determined based on the channels of the plurality of virtual loudspeaker arrays. The plurality of virtual loudspeaker arrays and the hallucinated loudspeaker array share a common geometry and orientation. Spatial audio is rendered based on the channels of the hallucinated loudspeaker array.