公开(公告)号：US11681492B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17196872

申请日：2021-03-09

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Cesare Valerio Parise ,  Morteza Khaleghimeybodi ,  Philip Robinson ,  Peter Gottlieb

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R29/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/165 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R29/002 ,  H04R2400/03 ,  H04R2460/13

Abstract: An audio system presented herein includes a transducer array, sensor array, and a controller. The controller control tactile content imparted to a user via actuation of at least one transducer in the transducer array while presenting audio content to the user. The transducer array presents the audio content with the tactile content to the user. The audio system can be part of a headset.

公开(公告)号：US11871198B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US16508648

申请日：2019-07-11

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Philip Robinson ,  Vladimir Tourbabin ,  Jacob Ryan Donley ,  Andrew Lovitt

IPC: G06V40/16 ,  G10L17/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R3/04 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G10L25/54 ,  G10L21/0208

CPC classification number: H04R5/04 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06V40/172 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L21/0208 ,  G10L25/54 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/033

Abstract: An audio system presents enhanced audio content to a user of a headset. The audio system detects sounds from the local area, at least a portion of which originate from a human sound source. The audio system obtains a voice profile of an identifies human sound source that generates at least the portion of the detected sounds. Based in part on the voice profile, the audio system enhances the portion of the detected sounds that are generated by the human sound source to obtain enhanced audio. The audio system presents the enhanced audio to the user.

公开(公告)号：US11869475B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17702739

申请日：2022-03-23

Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Andrew Lovitt ,  Antonio John Miller ,  Philip Robinson ,  Scott Phillip Selfon

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R1/40

CPC classification number: G10K11/17827 ,  G10K11/17823 ,  H04R1/406 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  G10K2210/111 ,  G10K2210/3044 ,  G10K2210/3046 ,  G10K2210/3056

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include applying, via a sound reproduction system, sound cancellation that reduces an amplitude of various sound signals. The method further includes identifying, among the sound signals, an external sound whose amplitude is to be reduced by the sound cancellation. The method then includes analyzing the identified external sound to determine whether the identified external sound is to be made audible to a user and, upon determining that the external sound is to be made audible to the user, the method includes modifying the sound cancellation so that the identified external sound is made audible to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20230421987A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18465150

申请日：2023-09-11

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Philip Robinson

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G10L21/0232

CPC classification number: H04S7/303 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  H04S7/305 ,  H04S2420/01 ,  G10L2021/02082

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include capturing, via a headset microphone of a speaker's artificial reality device, voice input of a speaker in communication with a listener in an artificial reality environment. The method may include detecting a pose of the speaker within the artificial reality environment and determining a position of the speaker relative to a position of the listener within the artificial reality environment. The method may further include processing, based on the pose and the relative position of the speaker within the artificial reality environment, the voice input to create a directivity-attuned voice signal for the listener, and delivering the directivity-attuned voice signal to an artificial reality device of the listener. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11843926B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17557393

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： William Owen Brimijoin, II ,  Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner ,  Philip Robinson ,  Ravish Mehra

IPC: H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06T19/00 ,  H04S1/00

CPC classification number: H04R3/04 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06T19/006 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S1/005 ,  H04S7/304 ,  G02B2027/0178

Abstract: A system for presenting audio content to a user. The system comprises one or more microphones coupled to a frame of a headset. The one or more microphones capture sound from a local area. The system further comprises an audio controller integrated into the headset and communicatively coupled to an in-ear device worn by a user. The audio controller identifies one or more sound sources in the local area based on the captured sound. The audio controller further determines a target sound source of the one or more sound sources and determines one or more filters to apply to a sound signal associated with the target sound source in the captured sound. The audio controller further generates an augmented sound signal by applying the one or more filters to the sound signal and provides the augmented sound signal to the in-ear device for presentation to a user.

公开(公告)号：US11825291B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US18101491

申请日：2023-01-25

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Philip Robinson ,  Sebastian Elliot Chafe

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S1/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R3/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/304 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S1/007 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01

Abstract: Embodiments relate to binaural spatialization of more than two sound sources on two audio channels of an audio system. Sound signals each emitted from a corresponding sound source are collected, and a respective virtual position within an angular range of a sound scene is assigned to each sound source. Multi-source audio signals are generated by panning each sound signal according to the respective virtual position. A first multi-source audio signal is spatialized to a first direction to generate a first left signal and a first right signal. A second multi-source audio signal is spatialized to a second direction to generate a second left signal and a second right signal. A binaural signal is generated using the first left signal, the second left signal, the first right signal, and the second right signal. The binaural signal is such that each sound source appears to originate from its respective virtual position.

公开(公告)号：US11758347B1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17377727

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Philip Robinson

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  G10L21/0208

CPC classification number: H04S7/303 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  H04S7/305 ,  G10L2021/02082 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include capturing, via a headset microphone of a speaker's artificial reality device, voice input of a speaker in communication with a listener in an artificial reality environment. The method may include detecting a pose of the speaker within the artificial reality environment and determining a position of the speaker relative to a position of the listener within the artificial reality environment. The method may further include processing, based on the pose and the relative position of the speaker within the artificial reality environment, the voice input to create a directivity-attuned voice signal for the listener, and delivering the directivity-attuned voice signal to an artificial reality device of the listener. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11579837B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US17196725

申请日：2021-03-09

Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Philip Robinson ,  Antonio John Miller ,  William Owen Brimijoin, II ,  Andrew Lovitt

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G10L25/51

Abstract: A system creates an audio profile. The audio profile may be stored in a database. For example, the audio profile may be securely stored in a database of a social network and associated with a user account. The audio profile may contain data describing the way in which the specific user hears and interprets sounds. Systems and applications which present sounds to the user may access the audio profile and modify the sounds presented to the user based on the data in the audio profile to enhance the audio experience for the user.

公开(公告)号：US20230171560A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18101491

申请日：2023-01-25

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Philip Robinson ,  Sebastian Elliot Chafe

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S1/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/304 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S1/007 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01

Abstract: Embodiments relate to binaural spatialization of more than two sound sources on two audio channels of an audio system. Sound signals each emitted from a corresponding sound source are collected, and a respective virtual position within an angular range of a sound scene is assigned to each sound source. Multi-source audio signals are generated by panning each sound signal according to the respective virtual position. A first multi-source audio signal is spatialized to a first direction to generate a first left signal and a first right signal. A second multi-source audio signal is spatialized to a second direction to generate a second left signal and a second right signal. A binaural signal is generated using the first left signal, the second left signal, the first right signal, and the second right signal. The binaural signal is such that each sound source appears to originate from its respective virtual position.

公开(公告)号：US11616580B1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17739425

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Peter Harty Dodds ,  Morteza Khaleghimeybodi ,  Philip Robinson ,  Scott Phillips Porter ,  William Owen Brimijoin, II ,  Andrew Lovitt

IPC: H04B11/00 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: A system receives audio data in a frequency range of 20 Hz-20 kHz. The received audio data is encoded by the system into ultrasonic data in frequencies that are greater than 20 kHz, and transmitted into a local area that is proximal to the transmitting device, i.e., within the transmission range of the transmitting device. An ultrasonic communication device that is located in the transmission range of the transmitting device may receive the ultrasonic data. The received ultrasonic data is decoded by the ultrasonic communication system in the receiving device into audio data in a frequency range of 20 Hz-20 kHz, and subsequently presented to a user of the receiving ultrasonic communication device.