US 11,943,601 B2
Audio beam steering, tracking and audio effects for AR/VR applications
Andrew Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US); Scott Phillip Selfon, Kirkland, WA (US); Taher Shahbazi Mirzahasanloo, Bothell, WA (US); Sean Allyn Coffin, San Anselmo, CA (US); Nava K Balsam, Woodinville, WA (US); and Syavosh Zadissa, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,414.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/297,597, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,143, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050966 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/302 (2013.01) [H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 1/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A headset, comprising:
a processor configured to receive, from an immersive reality application, a first audio waveform from a first acoustic source in a first location;
a left speaker, configured to provide the first audio waveform to a left ear of a headset user;
a right speaker, configured to provide the first audio waveform to a right ear of the headset user, wherein the processor is configured to adjust a time delay of the first audio waveform between the left speaker and the right speaker, and to modulate an amplitude of the first audio waveform in the left speaker and the right speaker based on the first location of the first acoustic source; and
a display, configured to present a menu comprising multiple acoustic sources, including the first acoustic source, wherein the processor is configured to provide to the left speaker or the right speaker an audio signal including an audio waveform associated with an acoustic source selected from the menu.