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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
James A. Livingston, Oakland, CA (US);
Jack P. Newman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frank Baumgarte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Francois Becker, Antony, FR;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method that includes displaying a user interface (UI) of a three-dimensional (3D) acoustic environment that includes a sound source; receiving a user selection, via an input device, of a location within the UI, the location towards which the sound source is to be oriented within the 3D acoustic environment; determining a set of parameters that define an orientation of the sound source towards the location within the 3D acoustic environment; determining that there is motion of the location or the sound source within the 3D acoustic environment; updating, without user intervention and based on the motion, the set of parameters to maintain the orientation of the sound source towards the location.