Spatial audio controller

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PATENT NO 12177643
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18503816

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A method performed a local device that is communicatively coupled with several remote devices, the method includes: receiving, from each remote device with which the local device is engaged in a communication session, an input audio stream; receiving, for each remote device, a set parameters; determining, for each input audio stream, whether the input audio stream is to be 1) rendered individually or 2) rendered as a mix of input audio streams based on the set of parameters; for each input audio stream that is determined to be rendered individually, spatially rendering the input audio stream as an individual virtual sound source that contains only that input audio stream; and for input audio streams that are determined to be rendered as the mix of input audio streams, spatially rendering the mix of input audio streams as a single virtual sound source that contains the mix of input audio streams.

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APPLE INCCALIFORNIA USA CALIFORNIA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boothe, Daniel K San Francisco, US 40 302
Callaway, Peter D Stowmarket, GB 5 6
Chang, Jae Woo Cupertino, US 124 3089
Garrido, Christopher M Santa Clara, US 57 322
Johnson, Martin E Los Gatos, US 107 3520
Komarov, Kostyantyn San Francisco, US 3 0
Miauton, Patrick Redwood City, US 30 186
Ramprashad, Sean A Los Altos, US 55 1589
Santhanam, Karthick Campbell, US 37 134
Shyu, Austin W San Diego, US 9 30

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