H04S 2400/11
Positioning of individual sound objects
Official title: Positioning of individual sound objects, e.g. moving airplane, within a sound field (H04S2420/13 takes precedence)
H04S2400/11 (Positioning of individual sound objects) appears on 2,633 US grants and 3,440 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04S- Granted patents
- 2,633
- Published applications
- 3,440
- Assignees
- 597
- Inventors
- 3,868
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 292 | 374 |
| 2025 | 291 | 333 |
| 2026 | 167 | 271 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of soundfield at desired location6 Oct 2026US 12,756,978 B2
- Audio playing method and related apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,985 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Ear-worn device with neural network-based noise modification and/or spatial focusing29 Sep 2026US 12,750,623 B2Fortell Research Inc.
- Detection of the change of position of a set-top box by image analysis29 Sep 2026US 12,750,627 B2Sagemcom Broadband SAS
- Information processing apparatus and method, and program29 Sep 2026US 12,750,628 B2Sony Group Corporation
- A method, device, system, and software for a computer-implemented method for playback of game audio by use of representative audio objects at runtime8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306950 A1Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Performing common audio convolutions using iso-trajectories in three dimensional (3d) space8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313308 A1Google Inc.
- Virtual sound sources and rendering techniques8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313309 A1Dolby International AB
- Spatial Audio Representation and Rendering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313312 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Digital content management in virtual environments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300387 A1Roblox Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sound stage controller for a near-field speaker-based audio system381US 9,215,545 B2Bose Corporation · 2015
- Virtual reality television system255US 5,714,997 A1998
- Three-dimensional sound creation assisted by visual information238US 6,829,018 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2004
- Audio panning with multi-channel surround sound decoding234US 8,767,970 B2Apple Inc. · 2014
- Use of voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) in consumer applications202US 6,311,155 B1Hearing Enhancement Company, LLC · 2001