H04S 7/303
Tracking of listener position or orientation
Official title: {Tracking of listener position or orientation}
H04S7/303 (Tracking of listener position or orientation) appears on 3,011 US grants and 3,835 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04S- Granted patents
- 3,011
- Published applications
- 3,835
- Assignees
- 684
- Inventors
- 4,593
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 13 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 |
| 2006 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 13 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | 4 | 17 |
| 2010 | 6 | 28 |
| 2011 | 4 | 46 |
| 2012 | 21 | 43 |
| 2013 | 17 | 49 |
| 2014 | 27 | 82 |
| 2015 | 58 | 120 |
| 2016 | 70 | 133 |
| 2017 | 151 | 166 |
| 2018 | 200 | 278 |
| 2019 | 291 | 327 |
| 2020 | 339 | 342 |
| 2021 | 307 | 370 |
| 2022 | 292 | 324 |
| 2023 | 323 | 389 |
| 2024 | 340 | 404 |
| 2025 | 323 | 371 |
| 2026 | 188 | 272 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Signaling for rendering tools6 Oct 2026US 12,755,744 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of soundfield at desired location6 Oct 2026US 12,756,978 B2
- Interactive foodware systems and methods to generate data for location and movement of utensil, and controller that instructs speaker to generate audio data based on location of the utensil29 Sep 2026US 12,750,613 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Coordination of audio devices29 Sep 2026US 12,750,621 B2Dolby International AB
- Ear-worn device with neural network-based noise modification and/or spatial focusing29 Sep 2026US 12,750,623 B2Fortell Research Inc.
- System and method for dynamic sound reinforcement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313311 A1Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
- Spatial Audio Representation and Rendering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313312 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Spatial audio directing system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304058 A1Lenovo (United States) Inc.
- Methods, apparatus and systems for modelling audio objects with extent1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304059 A1Dolby International AB
- Spatial audio adjustment based on user heading and head rotation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304060 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shaping sound responsive to speaker orientation476US 9,042,556 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2015
- Sound stage controller for a near-field speaker-based audio system381US 9,215,545 B2Bose Corporation · 2015
- Systems, methods, and apparatus for enhanced acoustic imaging347US 8,965,546 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2015
- Virtual reality television system255US 5,714,997 A1998
- Interactive audio control system236US 5,255,326 A1993