Audio apparatus and method therefor

An audio apparatus comprising:

• a data generator circuit,
• wherein the data generator circuit is arranged to generate data for an audio scene,
• wherein the data comprises input audio source data and acoustic object data,
• wherein the input audio source data is for at least one audio source(s),
• wherein the acoustic object data is for at least one acoustic object,
• wherein the acoustic object data comprises acoustic coupling data and spatial property data,
• wherein the acoustic coupling data is indicative of a property of conversion of audio energy into vibration/mechanical energy and/or conversion of vibration/mechanical energy into audio energy;
• a signal generator circuit,
• wherein the signal generator circuit is arranged to generate a data signal,
• wherein the data signal comprises the data for the audio scene;
• and
• a transmitter circuit, wherein the transmitter circuit is arrange to transmit the data signal.

A method of processing audio, the method comprising:

• receiving a signal,
• wherein the signal comprises data for an audio scene,
• wherein the data comprises input audio source data and acoustic object data,
• wherein the input audio source data is for at least one audio source(s),
• wherein the acoustic object data is for at least one acoustic object in the audio scene,
• wherein the acoustic object data comprises acoustic coupling data and spatial property data,
• wherein the acoustic coupling data is indicative of a property of conversion of audio energy into vibration/mechanical energy and/or conversion of vibration/mechanical energy into audio energy;
• generating object audio source data for an object audio source,
• wherein the object audio source data represents audio emitted in the audio scene by the acoustic object,
• wherein the audio emitted in the audio scene is coupled from the at least one audio source(s),
• wherein the generating of the object audio source data is in response to the acoustic coupling data, the spatial property data, and the input audio source data;
• and
• rendering the audio scene, wherein the rendering comprises rendering the object audio source data.

A method of generating an audio data signal, the method comprising:

• generating data for an audio scene,
• wherein the data comprises input audio source data and acoustic object data,
• wherein the input audio source data is for at least one audio source(s),
• wherein the acoustic object data is for at least one acoustic object,
• wherein the acoustic object data comprises acoustic coupling data and spatial property data,
• wherein the acoustic coupling data is indicative of a property of conversion of audio energy into vibration/mechanical energy and/or conversion of vibration/mechanical energy into audio energy;
• generating the audio data signal, wherein the audio data signal comprises the data for the audio scene;
• and
• transmitting the audio data signal.