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Sound tracing apparatus and method

US11924626B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 2019
Grant dateMar 5, 2024
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S2420/01
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are a sound tracing apparatus and a sound tracing method, and the sound tracing apparatus includes a first acceleration structure generation unit configured to generate a first acceleration structure for a static scene in a sound space, an intersection test execution unit configured to perform an intersection test on each of a plurality of dynamic objects constituting a dynamic scene in the sound space to detect whether or not the dynamic object affects a sound propagation path, a second acceleration structure generation unit configured to select the dynamic objects that affect the sound propagation path as a result of the intersection test and then generate the second acceleration structure for the dynamic scene, and a sound generation unit configured to generate a 3D sound by performing sound tracing based on the first and second acceleration structures.

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