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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Baumgarte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dipanjan Sen, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/16 (2013.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/167 (2013.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method that includes receiving an audio component associated with an audio scene, the audio component including an audio signal, determining a loudness level of the audio component based on the audio signal, receiving a target loudness level for the audio component, producing a bitstream with the audio component by encoding the audio signal and including metadata that has the loudness level and the target loudness level, and transmitting the bitstream to an electronic device.