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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

May. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US);

Scott Phillip Selfon, Kirkland, WA (US);

Taher Shahbazi Mirzahasanloo, Bothell, WA (US);

Sean Allyn Coffin, San Anselmo, CA (US);

Nava K Balsam, Woodinville, WA (US);

Syavosh Zadissa, Bothell, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 1/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for audio beam steering, tracking, and audio effects for an immersive reality application is provided. The method includes receiving, from an immersive reality application, a first audio waveform from a first acoustic source to provide to a user of a headset, identifying a perceived direction for the first acoustic source relative to the headset based on a location of the first acoustic source, and providing, to a first speaker in a client device, an audio signal including the first audio waveform, wherein the audio signal includes a time delay and an amplitude of the first audio waveform based on the perceived direction. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform the above method, and the system, are also provided.


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