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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2024
Applicant:
Philip Raymond Schaefer, Weaverville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Philip Raymond Schaefer, Weaverville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Vortant Technologies, LLC, Weaverville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/004 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 1/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for rotating sound or selective listening to sound provides for the ability of the apparent direction of sound sources in a listening environment to remain in consistent orientations in space despite rotations of the microphones used to capture the sound and despite rotations of the head of the listener, even when wearing headphones. Modules are provided in the system to distinguish the sound sources and their apparent directions, as well as to optionally rotate the sound sources in response to detected rotations of the listener's head and/or detected rotations of the microphones.