SPATIAL DELIVERY OF MULTI-SOURCE AUDIO CONTENT

Patent №

US 10,952,004

Granted

2021-03-16

Filed 2019

Owner

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.

AI components

1

kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16298975

A system for enabling spatial delivery of multi-source audio data to a user based on a multi-layer audio stack is provided. The multi-layer audio stack includes a central layer located within a predetermined vertical distance from a reference line associated with the user, such as the horizon line of the user. The multi-layer audio stack can also include an upper layer located above the central layer and/or a lower layer located below the central layer. Audio data from multiple sources are collected and prioritized based on context data gathered for the user. Audio data on which the user would like to focus is assigned the highest priority and delivered on the central layer. Audio data that the user does not currently focus on, but would like to visit next, can be assigned a lower priority and be delivered in the upper layer or the lower layer. The user can shift the multi-layer audio stack up or down to navigate through the audio data rendered at different layers of the stack.

Knowledge representationH04S 5/00H04R 3/04H04S 7/30H04S 7/304H04R 2460/07H04S 2400/11H04S 2400/13H04S 2400/15+1 more

AI classification

Knowledge representation0.65
Natural language0.22
Planning0.06
AI hardware0.02
Speech0.01
Machine learning0.00
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.

assignment · 485660060

Assignors

VALAVANIS, GEORGE MICHAEL

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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