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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
David W. Crawford, Long Beach, CA (US);
Amber Samdahl, La Canada Flintridge, CA (US);
Jeffrey Voris, Pasadena, CA (US);
Istvan B. Kadar, Glendale, CA (US);
Kenny Mitchell, Edinburgh, GB;
David W. Crawford, Long Beach, CA (US);
Amber Samdahl, La Canada Flintridge, CA (US);
Jeffrey Voris, Pasadena, CA (US);
Istvan B. Kadar, Glendale, CA (US);
Kenny Mitchell, Edinburgh, GB;
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
An augmented reality (AR) audio system for augmenting environment or ambient sound with sounds from a virtual speaker or sound source positioned at a location in the space surrounding an AR participant. The sound from the virtual speaker may be triggered by an action of the listener and/or by the location or relative orientation of the listener. The AR audio system includes stereo earphones receiving an augmented audio track from a control unit, and binaural microphones are provided to capture ambient sounds. The control unit operates to process trigger signals and retrieve one or more augmentation sounds. The control unit uses an AR audio mixer to combine the ambient sound from the microphones with the augmentation sounds to generate left and right ear augmented audio or binaural audio, which may be modified for acoustic effects of the environment including virtual objects in the environment or virtual characteristics of real objects.