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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shai Messingher Lang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Sheaffer, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sound sources can be spatially rendered in a setting and shown through a display. In response to satisfaction of a threshold criterion that is satisfied based on relative distance between the sound sources and a position of a listener, the rendering of the sound sources can be adjusted to maintain spatial integrity of the sound sources. The adjustment can be performed to prevent one of the sound sources from arriving at the listener earlier than another of the sound sources.