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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Leonard Layton, Ultimo, AU;
David Stanley Mcgrath, Ultimo, AU;
Nigel Lloyd William Heyler, Ultimo, AU;
Stephen James Bennett, Ultimo, AU;
Richard James Cartwright, Ultimo, AU;
Geoffrey Alexander Drane, Ultimo, AU;
Leonard Layton, Ultimo, AU;
David Stanley McGrath, Ultimo, AU;
Nigel Lloyd William Heyler, Ultimo, AU;
Stephen James Bennett, Ultimo, AU;
Richard James Cartwright, Ultimo, AU;
Geoffrey Alexander Drane, Ultimo, AU;
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing a listener with an augmented audio reality in a geographical environment said system comprising a position locating system for determining a current position and orientation of a listener in said geographical environment; an audio track creation system for creating an audio track having a predetermined spatialization component dependent on an apparent location of an apparent source associated with said audio track in said geographical environment; an audio track rendering system adapted to render an audio signal based on said audio track to a series of speakers surrounding said listener such that said listener experiences an apparent preservation of said spatialization component; and an audio track playback system interconnected to said position locating system and said audio track creation system and adapted to forward a predetermined audio track to said audio rendering system for rendering depending on said current position and orientation of said listener in said geographical environment.