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Method and apparatus for providing virtual audio reproduction

  • US 9,602,946 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2014
  • Issued: 03/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving signals relating to an object;

    determining a distance from a user to the object and a direction from the user to the object;

    scaling the distance to the object to create a modified distance within a predefined sound field region about the user; and

    causing at least one audio cue relating to the object to be audibly provided to the user such that the object appears to be located within the predefined sound field region in the direction and at the modified distance from the user, wherein causing at least one audio cue to be audibly provided to the user comprises causing a representation of the signals that were received relating to the object to be audibly provided to the user such that the signals appear to originate at the modified distance and from the direction of the object.

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