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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sina Zamani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Moo Young Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Dipanjan Sen, Dublin, CA (US);
Sang UK Ryu, San Diego, CA (US);
Juha O. Merimaa, San Mateo, 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); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); G10L 19/16 (2013.01); G10L 25/03 (2013.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); G10L 19/167 (2013.01); G10L 25/03 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 2420/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method, includes obtaining object audio and metadata that spatially describes the object audio, converting the object audio to Ambisonics audio based on the metadata, encoding, in a first bit stream, the Ambisonics audio, and encoding, in a second bit stream, at least a subset of the metadata.