US 11,902,768 B2
Associated spatial audio playback
Antti Eronen, Tampere (FI); Arto Lehtiniemi, Lempaala (FI); Jussi Leppanen, Tampere (FI); and Lasse Laaksonen, Tampere (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/593,702
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FI2020/050170
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/193851, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1904091 (GB), filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167106 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/302 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
obtain at least one location and/or orientation associated with a user;
obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, one or more audio element, wherein the one or more audio element at least partially forms an audio scene;
obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, at least one auxiliary audio element, the at least one auxiliary audio element being at least one audio element or a combination of audio elements, wherein the at least one auxiliary audio element is associated with at least a part of the audio scene and is located at an outside zone of the audio scene;
render the obtained audio element and/or at least one auxiliary audio element.