Systems and methods for videoconferencing with spatial audio
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorPierre Seigneurbieux
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Abstract
A system may provide for the generation of spatial audio for audiovisual conferences, video conferences, etc. (referred to herein simply as “conferences”). Spatial audio may include audio encoding and/or decoding techniques in which a sound source may be specified at a location, such as on a two-dimensional plane and/or within a three-dimensional field, and/or in which a direction or target for a given sound source may be specified. A conference participant's position within a conference user interface (“UI”) may be set as the source of sound associated with the conference participant, such that different conference participants may be associated with different sound source positions within the conference UI.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- identify a plurality of audio streams associated with a plurality of User Equipment (“UEs”) that are associated with a conference;
- receive, for a first UE of the plurality of UEs, gallery configuration information that indicates positions, within a user interface (“UI”) associated with the first UE, that are respectively associated with at least a second UE and a third UE, of the plurality of UEs;
- generate a spatial audio stream for the first UE, wherein the spatial audio stream includes a first position within the UI as a sound source associated with audio from the second UE, and wherein the spatial audio stream includes a second position within the UI as a sound source associated with audio from the third UE;
- and
- output the spatial audio stream to the first UE.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:
- identify a plurality of audio streams associated with a plurality of User Equipment (“UEs”) that are associated with a conference;
- receive, for a first UE of the plurality of UEs, gallery configuration information that indicates positions, within a user interface (“UI”) associated with the first UE, that are respectively associated with at least a second UE and a third UE, of the plurality of UEs;
- generate a spatial audio stream for the first UE, wherein the spatial audio stream includes a first position within the UI as a sound source associated with audio from the second UE, and wherein the spatial audio stream includes a second position within the UI as a sound source associated with audio from the third UE;
- and
- output the spatial audio stream to the first UE.
A method, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of audio streams associated with a plurality of User Equipment (“UEs”) that are associated with a conference;
- receiving, for a first UE of the plurality of UEs, gallery configuration information that indicates positions, within a user interface (“UI”) associated with the first UE, that are respectively associated with at least a second UE and a third UE, of the plurality of UEs;
- generating a spatial audio stream for the first UE, wherein the spatial audio stream includes a first position within the UI as a sound source associated with audio from the second UE, and wherein the spatial audio stream includes a second position within the UI as a sound source associated with audio from the third UE;
- and
- outputting the spatial audio stream to the first UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.