公开(公告)号：US12262082B1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US17319864

申请日：2021-05-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tomlinson Holman

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G10K15/08 ,  H04N21/422

Abstract: A method for automatically reacting to an audience's vocal reaction during movie playback. A pre-recorded movie is obtained for playback through a display and a speaker. An audience vocal reaction during playback of an original scene in the movie is detected and in response the original scene is lengthened in both picture and sound while playback of the original scene is resumed once the audience vocal reaction has subsided. In another aspect, reverberation is generated in response to and based on the vocal reaction then added as audio output through the speaker, but only until the vocal reaction has ended at which point the added reverberation ends. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20240259759A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18434506

申请日：2024-02-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David E. Romblom ,  Tomlinson Holman

IPC: H04S7/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/304

Abstract: A method includes determining a measure of a user's attention to a sound source in a spatial audio environment. Based on the measure of the user's attention to the sound source, one or more filters for decorrelating the sound source are determined. The sound source is spatially rendered, including applying the one or more filters to the sound source.

公开(公告)号：US11930337B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17360825

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tomlinson Holman ,  Christopher T. Eubank ,  Joshua D. Atkins ,  Soenke Pelzer ,  Dirk Schroeder

IPC: G10L19/16 ,  G10L21/0208 ,  G10L21/0216 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/027 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04

CPC classification number: H04R5/027 ,  G10L19/167 ,  G10L21/0216 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  G10L2021/02082 ,  G10L2021/02166 ,  H04R2420/07

Abstract: An audio device can sense sound in a physical environment using a plurality of microphones to generate a plurality of microphone signals. Clean speech can be extracted from microphone signals. Ambience can be extracted from the microphone signals. The clean speech can be encoded at a first compression level. The ambience can be encoded at a second compression level that is higher than the first compression level. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US11790569B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17272251

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bertrand Nepveu ,  Sandy J. Carter ,  Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture ,  Marc-Andre Chenier ,  Yan Cote ,  Simon Fortin-Deschênes ,  Anthony Ghannoum ,  Tomlinson Holman ,  Marc-Olivier Lepage ,  Yves Millette

IPC: G06T11/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/194 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06T11/00 ,  G02B27/0179 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/194 ,  G02B2027/0138

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for inserting imagery from a real environment into a virtual environment. While presenting (e.g., displaying) the virtual environment at an electronic device, a proximity of the electronic device to a physical object located in a real environment is detected. In response to detecting that the proximity of the electronic device to the physical object is less than a first threshold distance, imagery of the physical object is isolated from other imagery of the real environment. The isolated imagery of the physical object is inserted into the virtual environment at a location corresponding to the location of the physical object in the real environment. The imagery of the physical object has a first visibility value associated with the proximity of the electronic device to the physical object.

公开(公告)号：US11039266B1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16584625

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tomlinson Holman ,  Martin E. Johnson

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S1/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R3/04

Abstract: A method for producing a diffuse field that is non-localizable and without timbre inaccuracies. A processor receives an audio bitstream containing an at least one surround channel. The surround channel is rendered as an at least one virtualized line array source. Timbre correction is applied to the virtualized line array source. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US10728649B1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US15990033

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tomlinson Holman

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H03G5/16 ,  H04R3/14

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering audio signals to a user includes an air-conduction transducer and a bone-conduction transducer. The air-conduction transducer is configured to convert a component of the audio signals to air vibrations detectable by an ear of the user. The bone-conduction transducer is configured to convert another component of the audio signals to vibrations in a cranial bone of the user via direct contact with the user. The apparatus employs one or more filters to separate input audio signals to produce a high-frequency component, a mid-frequency component, and a low-frequency component. The mid- and low-frequency components are processed using compressors to reduce the dynamic range of the components, and then combined to produce a combined component. The combined component is delivered to the user through the bone-conduction transducer, and the high-frequency component is delivered to the user through the air-conduction transducer.

公开(公告)号：US20180098171A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15593887

申请日：2017-05-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Afrooz Family ,  Mitchell R. Lerner ,  Sylvain J. Choisel ,  Tomlinson Holman

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04R1/40

CPC classification number: H04S7/303 ,  H04R1/403 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S7/305 ,  H04S2400/01

Abstract: A process for reproducing sound using a loudspeaker array that is housed in a loudspeaker cabinet includes the selection of a number of sound rendering modes and changing the selected sound rendering mode based on changes in one or both of sensor data and a user interface selection. The sound rendering modes include a number of mid-side modes and at least one direct-ambient mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US12143801B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17666868

申请日：2022-02-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthew S. Connolly ,  Christopher T. Eubank ,  Stephen E. Pinto ,  Tomlinson Holman

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/16

Abstract: An audio asset library containing audio assets formatted in accordance with a file format for spatial audio includes asset metadata that enables simulated reality (SR) application developers to compose sounds for use in SR applications. The audio assets are formatted to include audio data encoding a sound capable of being composed into a SR application along with asset metadata describing not only how the sound was encoded, but also how a listener in SR environment experiences the sound. A SR developer platform is configured so that developers can compose sound for SR objects using audio assets stored in the audio library, including editing the asset metadata to include transformation parameters that support dynamic transformation of the asset metadata in the SR environment to alter how the SR listener experiences the composed sound. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US12094069B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US18233653

申请日：2023-08-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bertrand Nepveu ,  Sandy J. Carter ,  Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture ,  Marc-Andre Chenier ,  Yan Cote ,  Simon Fortin-Deschênes ,  Anthony Ghannoum ,  Tomlinson Holman ,  Marc-Olivier Lepage ,  Yves Millette

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/194 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F7/32

CPC classification number: G06T19/006 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/194 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B27/0179 ,  G06F7/32

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for presenting a combined view of a virtual environment and a real environment in response to detecting a transition event associated with an object in the real environment. While presenting the combined view, if an input of a first type is detected, the combined view is adjusted by increasing the visibility of imagery of the virtual environment and decreasing the visibility of imagery of the real environment. If an input of a second type is detected, the combined view is adjusted by decreasing the visibility of the imagery of the virtual environment and increasing the visibility of the imagery of the real environment.

公开(公告)号：US11880911B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17272025

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bertrand Nepveu ,  Sandy J. Carter ,  Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture ,  Marc-Andre Chenier ,  Yan Cote ,  Simon Fortin-Deschênes ,  Anthony Ghannoum ,  Tomlinson Holman ,  Marc-Olivier Lepage ,  Yves Millette

IPC: G06T11/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/194 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06T11/00 ,  G02B27/0179 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H04N13/117 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/194 ,  G02B2027/0138

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for transitioning between imagery and sounds of two different environments, such as a virtual environment and a real environment. A view of a first environment and audio associated with the first environment are provided. In response to detecting a transition event, a view of the first environment combined with a second environment is provided. The combined view includes imagery of the first environment at a first visibility value and imagery of the second environment at a second visibility value. In addition, in response to detecting a transition event, the first environment audio is mixed with audio associated with the second environment.