US 11,736,888 B2
Dual listener positions for mixed reality
Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Assigned to Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed by Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/47,168.
Application 18/047,168 is a continuation of application No. 17/528,473, filed on Nov. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,589,182.
Application 17/528,473 is a continuation of application No. 16/970,324, granted, now 11,212,636, issued on Dec. 28, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2019/018369, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/631,422, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065046 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/303 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of presenting audio signals in a mixed reality environment, the method comprising:
identifying a listener position in the mixed reality environment;
identifying a virtual sound source in the mixed reality environment;
identifying an object in the mixed reality environment, wherein the object is associated with a property;
determining whether the property comprises a first property or a second property;
determining a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the first audio signal intersects the object in the mixed reality environment;
in accordance with a determination that the property comprises the first property:
determining a second audio signal based on the first audio signal and based further on the first property; and
presenting, via a speaker to an ear of a user, the second audio signal; and
in accordance with a determination that the property comprises the second property:
determining a third audio signal based on the first audio signal and based further on the second property; and
presenting, via the speaker to the ear of the user, the third audio signal.