Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head to headset rotation transform estimation for head pose tracking in spatial audio applications
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Application No.: US17349907Application Date: 2021-06-16
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Publication No.: US11647352B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Margaret H. Tam , Xiaoyuan Tu , Alexander Singh Alvarado , Adam S. Howell
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04S7/00
- IPC: H04S7/00 ; H04R5/033 ; H04S3/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0346 ; G06V40/16 ; H04R1/10 ; G01C21/18 ; H04M1/05

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a method comprises: estimating a first gravity direction in a source device reference frame for a source device; estimating a second gravity direction in a headset reference frame for a headset; estimating a rotation transform from the headset frame into a face reference frame using the first and second estimated gravity directions, a rotation transform from a camera reference frame to the source device reference frame, and a rotation transform from the face reference frame to the camera reference frame; estimating a relative position and attitude using source device motion data, headset motion data and the rotation transform from the headset frame to the face reference frame; using the relative position and attitude to estimate a head pose; and using the estimated head pose to render spatial audio for playback on the headset.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210400418A1 HEAD TO HEADSET ROTATION TRANSFORM ESTIMATION FOR HEAD POSE TRACKING IN SPATIAL AUDIO APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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