US 11,956,619 B2
Apparatus and method to generate audio data
Daren Croxford, Swaffham Prior (GB); Roberto Lopez Mendez, Cambridge (GB); and Maxim Novikov, Manchester (GB)
Assigned to Arm Limited, Cambridge (GB)
Filed by Arm Limited, Cambridge (GB)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,961.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269553 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01)
CPC H04S 7/303 (2013.01) [G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to generate audio data for a user, comprising:
an input device to receive one or more inputs derived from an environment in which the user is located; and
a processor configured to:
obtain an acoustic profile for the environment based on or in response to the one or more inputs,
synthesize audio data having audio characteristics corresponding to a sound source in the environment in accordance with the acoustic profile, where the sound source is one of a virtual source and a real source,
output the synthesized audio data for use by the user,
render a virtual object at a location in the environment, where the virtual object comprises a virtual source of sound,
output, to a user, audio data having audio characteristics corresponding to the virtual source at a first location, and
monitor a reaction of the user to the output synthesized audio data to determine whether the user reaction is an expected or unexpected reaction.