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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2011
Applicants:

Andy Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Ted Dunn, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Lobrenzo Wingo, San Diego, CA (US);

Djung Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Nobukazu Sugiyama, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andy Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Ted Dunn, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Lobrenzo Wingo, San Diego, CA (US);

Djung Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Nobukazu Sugiyama, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06K 9/0057 (2013.01); G06T 7/0065 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); G06K 9/3216 (2013.01); G06K 2009/3225 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method consistent with certain implementations involves in an audio system having an array of a plurality of loudspeakers and a stored speaker map identifying the geometric relationship between the plurality of loudspeakers and a listening position, identifying a location on the speaker map of a Source Origin of a sound; selecting a method of localizing the Source Origin from a plurality of methods of localizing the Source Origin utilizing the array of loudspeakers; and reproducing the sound emanating from the Source Origin using the selected method. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.


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