This month's Audio & Sound category contains 1 granted patent from Meta.
The patent covers spatial audio technology designed to enhance speech clarity in virtual and augmented reality environments. Meta's approach uses perceptual cues to help users focus on target speakers while filtering out background noise in immersive settings.
Meta received 1 patent that takes a different approach to the cocktail party problem in virtual reality. Instead of simply increasing the signal-to-noise ratio like traditional audio systems, the technology builds statistical models of how humans perceive sound, analyzing factors like pitch similarity and how audio reaches each ear differently. The system calculates both the difference in volume between ears and the range of timing differences to create a perceptual model that selectively boosts the intelligibility of speech when multiple sound sources are present in extended reality environments.
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