Method, apparatus and computer-readable media to create audio focus regions dissociated from the microphone system for the purpose of optimizing audio processing at precise spatial locations in a 3D space

A method to apply location based virtual microphone post-processing of combined sound signals from a plurality of physical microphones based on the targeted virtual microphone's location in a shared 3D space to optimize one or more sound sources audio processing based on their location in the shared 3D space regardless of locations of the physical microphones, the method comprising:

• providing at least one microphone input from an enabled virtual microphone that receives plural microphone input signals from the plurality of physical microphones in the shared 3D space;
• determining, via at least one processor, a plurality of virtual microphones in the shared 3D space;
• setting up, via the at least one processor, location based virtual microphone specific processing attributes and/or functions, based on requirements of virtual microphone locations in the shared 3D space, and one or more regions comprising one or more virtual microphones and/or one or more groups comprising one or more virtual microphones and/or one or more regions, wherein:
• the one or more regions and one or more groups are set up based on requirements of locations in the shared 3D space,
• the one or more virtual microphones, the one or more regions and the one or more groups each contains one or more profiles,
• the one or more profiles each contains one or more attributes and/or one or more functions,
• the attributes and/or functions define audio post-processing functions for each virtual microphone, and
• the virtual microphones included in the same region share the one or more profiles set forth in the region, and the virtual microphones included in the same group share the one or more profiles set forth in the group;
• assigning, via the at least one processor, specific attributes and/or functions to the one or more regions based on the requirements of virtual microphone locations for the regions in the shared 3D space;
• and
• processing, via the at least one processor, the processing functions for virtual microphones based on the assigned specific attributes and/or functions of the regions.

At least one program embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for applying location based virtual microphone post-processing of combined sound signals from a plurality of physical microphones based on the targeted virtual microphone's location in a shared 3D space to optimize one or more sound sources audio processing based on their location in the shared 3D space regardless of locations of the physical microphones, the program comprising instructions causing at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• providing at least one microphone input from an enabled virtual microphone that receives plural microphone input signals from the plurality of physical microphones in the shared 3D space;
• determining, via the at least one processor, a plurality of virtual microphones in the shared 3D space;
• setting up, via the at least one processor, location based virtual microphone specific processing attributes and/or functions, based on requirements of virtual microphone locations in the shared 3D space, and one or more regions comprising one or more virtual microphones and/or one or more groups comprising one or more virtual microphones and/or one or more regions, wherein:
• the one or more regions and one or more groups are set up based on requirements of locations in the shared 3D space,
• the one or more virtual microphones, the one or more regions and the one or more groups each contains one or more profiles,
• the one or more profiles each contains one or more attributes and/or one or more functions,
• the attributes and/or functions define audio post-processing functions for each virtual microphone, and
• the virtual microphones included in the same region share the one or more profiles set forth in the region, and the virtual microphones included in the same group share the one or more profiles set forth in the group;
• assigning, via the at least one processor, specific attributes and/or functions to the one or more regions based on the requirements of virtual microphone locations for the regions in the shared 3D space;
• and
• processing, via the at least one processor, the processing functions for virtual microphones based on the assigned specific attributes and/or functions of the regions.