Audio system for spatializing virtual sound sources

    公开(公告)号:US12094487B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17480740

    申请日:2021-09-21

    摘要: An audio system for spatializing virtual sound sources is described. A microphone array of the audio system is configured to monitor sound in a local area. A controller of the audio system identifies sound sources within the local area using the monitored sound from the microphone array and determines their locations. The controller of the audio system generates a target position for a virtual sound source based on one or more constraints. The one or more constraints include that the target position be at least a threshold distance away from each of the determined locations of the identified sound sources. The controller generates one or more sound filters based in part on the target position to spatialize the virtual sound source. A transducer array of the audio system presents spatialized audio including the virtual sound source content based in part on the one or more sound filters.

    PREDICTED AUDIO IMMERSION RELATED TO AUDIO CAPTURE DEVICES WITHIN AN AUDIO ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240289089A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18583230

    申请日:2024-02-21

    IPC分类号: G06F3/16 H04R5/027 H04S7/00

    摘要: Techniques for predicted audio immersion related to audio capture devices within an audio environment are discussed herein. Examples may include receiving audio stream inputs associated with audio capture devices positioned within one or more audio capture areas of an audio environment, where the audio environment comprises the one or more audio capture areas and one or more non-audio capture areas. Additionally, the audio stream inputs are transformed into respective audio feature sets. The respective audio feature sets are then input to a hybrid neural network model configured to generate respective augmented signal path data vectors for the respective audio stream inputs. Respective neural network paths of the hybrid neural network model may process one or more of the respective audio feature sets based on respective digital signal processing augmentation networks integrated within the hybrid neural network model.

    AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240276147A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18568462

    申请日:2022-02-08

    发明人: SHUAI JI

    IPC分类号: H04R3/00 H04R5/027

    摘要: The present technique makes it possible to satisfactorily collect sound coming from a predetermined direction using a non-directional microphone.
    An audio signal conversion unit converts an audio signal obtained by collecting sound by the non-directional microphone into a unidirectional audio signal. For example, the audio signal conversion unit is configured with a deep neural network. In this case, for example, the deep neural network is trained to learn to minimize a difference between an acoustic feature amount extracted from an audio signal converted by the deep neural network and an acoustic feature amount extracted from a unidirectional audio signal obtained by collecting sound by a unidirectional microphone.

    Signal processing methods and systems for beam forming with wind buffeting protection

    公开(公告)号:US12063489B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17571483

    申请日:2022-01-08

    发明人: Dietmar Ruwisch

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for generating a directional output signal from sound received by at least two microphones arranged as microphone array. The method includes transforming the sound received by each of said microphones and represented by analog-to-digital converted time-domain signals provided by each of said microphones into corresponding complex-valued frequency-domain microphone signals each having a frequency component value for each of a plurality of frequency components, calculating, for each of the plurality of frequency components, real-valued Wind Reduction Factors as minima of the reciprocal and non-reciprocal frequency components of a plurality of real-valued Deviation Spectra if said minimum is below a preselected deviation threshold and set to one if said minimum is above or equal to said deviation threshold, and for each of the plurality of frequency components, forming a frequency-domain wind-reduced output signal.

    Ambience Audio Representation and Associated Rendering

    公开(公告)号:US20240147179A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18407598

    申请日:2024-01-09

    发明人: Lasse Laaksonen

    摘要: An apparatus configured to: generate at least one ambience component representation, wherein the ambience component representation comprises: at least one respective diffuse background audio signal, and at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with the at least one respective diffuse background audio signal; and output the at least one ambience component representation, wherein the at least one ambience component representation is configured to be used in rendering an ambience audio signal, based on the at least one respective diffuse background audio signal, the at least one parameter of the at least one ambience component representation, and at least one of: a rendering position, or a rendering direction, relative to a defined position within an audio field.

    Tracking and communication system for microphones

    公开(公告)号:US11974108B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17660498

    申请日:2022-04-25

    申请人: WISYCOM S.R.L.

    IPC分类号: H04R5/027 H04R1/02 H04W4/029

    CPC分类号: H04R5/027 H04R1/028 H04W4/029

    摘要: A tracking and communication system for microphones (10), comprising a plurality of microphones (10) installed in one or more zones (14) of contiguous or separate environments. Each microphone (10) is equipped with a radio unit which is connected to the microphone (10). The tracking and communication system comprises also a network of radio transceivers (11), which are positioned in said one or more zones (14) and which are connected wirelessly or through one or more cable one to each other, being configured to receive signals from said microphones (10) and to transmit to them a plurality of data, and a command and control unit (12), to which said radio transceivers (11) are connected wirelessly or via cables.