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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2024
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher T. Eubank, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Joshua D. Atkins, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Soenke Pelzer, San Jose, CA (US);

Dirk Schroeder, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/305 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Processing sound in an enhanced reality environment can include generating, based on an image of a physical environment, an acoustic model of the physical environment. Audio signals captured by a microphone array, can capture a sound in the physical environment. Based on these audio signals, one or more measured acoustic parameters of the physical environment can be generated. A target audio signal can be processed using the model of the physical environment and the measured acoustic parameters, resulting in a plurality of output audio channels having a virtual sound source with a virtual location. The output audio channels can be used to drive a plurality of speakers. Other aspects are also described and claimed.


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