Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for processing sound data for spatial sound reproduction
-
Application No.: US14129024Application Date: 2012-06-25
-
Publication No.: US09756449B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Johannes Hendrikus Cornelis Antonius Van Der Wijst
- Applicant: Johannes Hendrikus Cornelis Antonius Van Der Wijst
- Applicant Address: NL Nootdorp
- Assignee: BRIGHT MINDS HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee: BRIGHT MINDS HOLDING B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Nootdorp
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Agent Mark J. Nahnsen
- Priority: NL2006997 20110624
- International Application: PCT/NL2012/050447 WO 20120625
- International Announcement: WO2012/177139 WO 20121227
- Main IPC: H04S7/00
- IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and device for processing sound data comprising determining a listener position; determining a virtual sound source position; receiving sound data; processing the sound data for reproduction by at least one speaker to let the listener perceive the processed sound data reproduced by the speaker to originate from the virtual sound position. This provides the listener with a realistic experience of sound by the speaker. Implementation of the invention allows sound data to be provided also in a dynamic environment, where positions of the listener, the virtual sound source or both can change. For example, sound data may be reproduced by a mobile device by means of headphones to a moving listener, where the virtual sound source is a shop. As the listener moves, the sound data is processed such that when reproduced via the headphones, it is perceived as to originate from the shop.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140126758A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SOUND DATA Public/Granted day:2014-05-08
Information query