Apple inc. (20250080933). Spatial Audio Controller

Spatial Audio Controller

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Sean A. Ramprashad of Los Altos CA (US)

Peter D. Callaway of Stowmarket (GB)

Jae Woo Chang of Cupertino CA (US)

Martin E. Johnson of Los Gatos CA (US)

Daniel K. Boothe of San Francisco CA (US)

Kostyantyn Komarov of San Francisco CA (US)

Patrick Miauton of Redwood City CA (US)

Christopher M. Garrido of Santa Clara CA (US)

Austin W. Shyu of San Diego CA (US)

Karthick Santhanam of Campbell CA (US)

Spatial Audio Controller

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250080933 titled 'Spatial Audio Controller

Original Abstract Submitted

a method performed a local device that is communicatively coupled with several remote devices, the method includes: receiving, from each remote device with which the local device is engaged in a communication session, an input audio stream; receiving, for each remote device, a set parameters; determining, for each input audio stream, whether the input audio stream is to be 1) rendered individually or 2) rendered as a mix of input audio streams based on the set of parameters; for each input audio stream that is determined to be rendered individually, spatially rendering the input audio stream as an individual virtual sound source that contains only that input audio stream; and for input audio streams that are determined to be rendered as the mix of input audio streams, spatially rendering the mix of input audio streams as a single virtual sound source that contains the mix of input audio streams.