US 11,689,873 B2
Rendering audio objects having apparent size
Daniel Arteaga, Barcelona (ES); Giulio Cengarle, Barcelona (ES); and Antonio Mateos Sole, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to Dolby International AB, Dublin (IE)
Filed by DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, Amsterdam Zuidoost (NL)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,116.
Application 17/392,116 is a continuation of application No. 16/607,472, granted, now 11,082,790, previously published as PCT/EP2018/061071, filed on May 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/528,798, filed on Jul. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. ES201730658 (ES), filed on May 4, 2017; and application No. 17179710 (EP), filed on Jul. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103961 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04S 3/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 3/02 (2013.01) [H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01); H04S 2420/03 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of rendering audio objects, comprising:
selecting, with at least one processor, a grid from a plurality of grids based on an apparent size of an audio object, each of the plurality of grids partitioning a listening environment into cells, wherein each cell in each grid specifies at least one virtual sound source; and
rendering, with the at least one processor, the audio object in the listening environment based on the selected grid.