Power efficient acoustic tracking of sound sources

    公开(公告)号:US11997454B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17368509

    申请日:2021-07-06

    发明人: Andrew Lovitt

    IPC分类号: H04R1/40 G02B27/01 H04R3/00

    摘要: A method of tracking sound sources in an environment by monitoring the local area with a primary sensor system comprising a microphone array. The location of sound sources in the local area are tracked using the monitored sound. If an ambiguity is determined in the tracked location of the sound source, a secondary sensor system is activated. The secondary sensor system has a larger power draw than the primary sensor system. The secondary sensor system determines the updated location of the sound source. The tracked location of the sound sources is updated to be the updated location. Once the location is updated, the secondary sensor system is deactivated.

    CONTACT AND ACOUSTIC MICROPHONES FOR VOICE WAKE AND VOICE PROCESSING FOR AR/VR APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230050954A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17824321

    申请日:2022-05-25

    摘要: A method to combine contact and acoustic microphones in a headset for voice wake and voice processing in immersive reality applications is provided. The method includes receiving, from a contact microphone, a first acoustic signal, determining a fidelity and a quality of the first acoustic signal, receiving, from an acoustic microphone, a second acoustic signal, and when the fidelity and quality of the first acoustic signal exceeds a pre-selected threshold, combining the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal to provide an enhanced acoustic signal to a smart glass user. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to cause a headset to perform the above method, and the headset, are also provided.

    Customized audio mixing for users in virtual conference calls

    公开(公告)号:US11563855B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17321214

    申请日:2021-05-14

    摘要: A system controls the audio focus for a user in a virtual conference call. The system retrieves sound parameters associated with participants in the virtual conference call with the user from a user profile of the user. The sound parameters define volume adjustments to be applied to audio data received from the participants for generating an audio mix customized to the user. The system receives the audio data from client devices of the participants, and for each of the participants, adjusts the audio data of the participant using the associated sound parameter of the participant. The system adds the adjusted audio data of the participants to the audio mix for the user and provides the audio mix to a client device of the user.

    Extrapolation of acoustic parameters from mapping server

    公开(公告)号:US11523247B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US17402012

    申请日:2021-08-13

    IPC分类号: H04S7/00 H04R5/033 H04R5/04

    摘要: Determination of a set of acoustic parameters for a headset is presented herein. The set of acoustic parameters can be determined based on a virtual model of physical locations stored at a mapping server. The virtual model describes a plurality of spaces and acoustic properties of those spaces, wherein the location in the virtual model corresponds to a physical location of the headset. A location in the virtual model for the headset is determined based on information describing at least a portion of the local area received from the headset. The set of acoustic parameters associated with the physical location of the headset is determined based in part on the determined location in the virtual model and any acoustic parameters associated with the determined location. The headset presents audio content using the set of acoustic parameters received from the mapping server.

    Third-party data manipulation with privacy controls

    公开(公告)号:US11522841B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16407216

    申请日:2019-05-09

    发明人: Andrew Lovitt

    IPC分类号: H04L9/40 G06F21/62 H04N7/14

    摘要: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a third party, a portion of data or computer-executable logic that is part of a specified model. Each model may include various portions of independently verifiable computer-executable logic. The method may further include receiving data at a processing engine. The processing engine may be configured to apply the specified model to the received data. The method may then execute the specified model at the processing engine to modify the received data and send the modified data to an application that is configured to process the modified data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES UTILIZING PHYSICAL OBJECTS TO REPRESENT ANALOGOUS VIRTUAL OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240036814A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18464995

    申请日:2023-09-11

    发明人: Andrew Lovitt

    IPC分类号: G06F3/16 G06T11/00

    CPC分类号: G06F3/165 G06T11/00

    摘要: This disclosure describes embodiments of methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for detecting that a physical space includes a physical object corresponding to an analogous virtual object from an augmented reality experience and rendering (or otherwise modifying) the augment reality experience to integrate the physical object as part of the experience. In particular, the disclosed systems can determine that a physical object within a physical environment corresponds to an analogous virtual object of an augmented reality experience. Based on this correspondence, the disclosed systems can modify one or more of the virtual graphics, sound, or other features corresponding to the augmented reality experience to represent the virtual object using the physical object. For example, the disclosed systems can modify acoustic features of a sound for the augmented reality experience to simulate the sound originating from (or being affected by) the physical object.

    Generating augmented reality experiences utilizing physical objects to represent analogous virtual objects

    公开(公告)号:US11755275B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-12

    申请号:US16915684

    申请日:2020-06-29

    发明人: Andrew Lovitt

    IPC分类号: G06T11/00 G06F3/16

    CPC分类号: G06F3/165 G06T11/00

    摘要: This disclosure describes embodiments of methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for detecting that a physical space includes a physical object corresponding to an analogous virtual object from an augmented reality experience and rendering (or otherwise modifying) the augment reality experience to integrate the physical object as part of the experience. In particular, the disclosed systems can determine that a physical object within a physical environment corresponds to an analogous virtual object of an augmented reality experience. Based on this correspondence, the disclosed systems can modify one or more of the virtual graphics, sound, or other features corresponding to the augmented reality experience to represent the virtual object using the physical object. For example, the disclosed systems can modify acoustic features of a sound for the augmented reality experience to simulate the sound originating from (or being affected by) the physical object.