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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Shawn Pile, Burton-Upon-Trent, GB;
Jon Vincent, Warwick, GB;
Scott Henson, Edgbaston, GB;
Jason Flaks, Redmond, WA (US);
Avi Bar-Zeev, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Tardif, Sammamish, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing three-dimensional audio is provided. The method includes receiving a depth map imaging a scene from a depth camera and recognizing a human subject present in the scene. The human subject is modeled with a virtual skeleton comprising a plurality of joints defined with a three-dimensional position. A world space ear position of the human subject is determined based on the virtual skeleton. Furthermore, a target world space ear position of the human subject is determined. The target world space ear position is the world space position where a desired audio effect can be produced via an acoustic transducer array. The method further includes outputting a notification representing a spatial relationship between the world space ear position and the target world space ear position.