US 12,108,237 B2
Head tracking correlated motion detection for spatial audio applications
Xiaoyuan Tu, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Margaret H. Tam, San Jose, CA (US); Halil Ibrahim Basturk, San Jose, CA (US); Alexander Singh Alvarado, San Jose, CA (US); and Adam S. Howell, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,205.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,876, filed on Jun. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400414 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/303 (2013.01) [H04S 2420/01 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, using one or more processors of a source device, source device motion data from a source device and headset motion data from a headset worn on a head of a user;
determining, using the one or more processors, correlation measures using the source device motion data and the headset motion data;
updating, using the one or more processors, a motion tracking state based on the determined correlation measures, the updating including transitioning from a single inertial sensor tracking state to a two inertial sensor tracking state, wherein the motion tracking is performed using relative motion data computed from the headset motion data and source device motion data; and
initiating head pose tracking in accordance with the updated motion tracking state.