Assisted near-distance communication using binaural cues
US9832587B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2420/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for assisting near distance communications. A first device comprising a receiver, a sensor and a processor may be configured to perform the assisted near distance communication techniques. The receiver may receive, from a second device located within a conversational distance to the first device, monophonic audio data representative of the near distance communication. The sensor may generate a sensor signal representative of spatial information of the near distance communication. The processor may render, based on the spatial information and the monophonic audio data, multi-dimensional audio data in which the near distance communication originates in a soundfield from a location of the second device relative to the first device. The processor may next output the multi-dimensional audio data to a transducer so as to reproduce the near distance communication in multiple dimensions.
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