US 11,997,470 B2
Method and apparatus for processing sound effect
Junyan Bao, Jiangsu (CN); and Weiyi Gu, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,072.
Claims priority of application No. 202010926470.6 (CN), filed on Sep. 7, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0117937 (KR), filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0078572 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/54 (2014.01)
CPC H04S 7/302 (2013.01) [A63F 13/54 (2014.09); A63F 2300/6081 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing a sound effect, comprising:
obtaining relative orientation information of a first electronic device worn by a first user relative to at least one sound source object in a preset virtual environment, the relative orientation information comprising a relative position of the first electronic device relative to the at least one sound source object and a facing direction of the at least one sound source object, the at least one sound source object being a physically separate device from the first electronic device;
obtaining a processed sound source signal by performing sound effect processing on a sound source signal of the at least one sound source object based on the relative orientation information; and
providing the processed sound source signal to the first user through the first electronic device,
wherein the performing sound effect processing comprises:
updating the relative orientation information in response to a physical change in the facing direction of the at least one sound source object from a first facing direction to a second facing direction, and
performing sound effect processing on the sound source signal of the at least one sound source object based on the updated relative orientation information corresponding to the second facing direction of the at least one sound source object.