Information Handling System Adaptive Spatialized Three Dimensional Audio

A method for presenting audiovisual information at an information handling system, the method comprising:

• detecting a landscape orientation of the information handling system;
• presenting visual information in the landscape orientation at a display integrated in the information handling system;
• presenting stereo left channel audio information at a speaker in a lower left corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the landscape orientation;
• presenting stereo right channel audio information at a speaker in a lower right corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the landscape orientation;
• presenting right spatialized three dimensional audio at a speaker in an upper right corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the landscape orientation, the right spatialized three dimensional audio generated by subtracting the stereo left channel audio information from the stereo right channel audio information;
• presenting left spatialized three dimensional audio at a speaker in an upper left corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the landscape orientation, the left spatialized three dimensional audio generated by subtracting the stereo right channel audio information from the stereo left channel audio information;
• rotating the information handling system ninety degrees to a portrait orientation;
• and
• in response to the rotating:
• presenting the visual information in the portrait orientation at the display;
• moving the presenting the left audio to a speaker in a lower left corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the portrait orientation;
• moving the presenting the right audio to a speaker in a lower right corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the portrait orientation;
• moving the presenting the right spatialized three dimensional audio to a speaker in the upper right corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the portrait orientation;
• and
• moving the presenting the left spatialized three dimensional audio at a speaker in the upper left corner of the information handling system relative to the visual information presented in the portrait orientation.

An audio system comprising:

• four speakers, each of the four speakers disposed in a corner of a portable housing;
• an orientation sensor operable to detect orientation of the portable housing, the detected orientation applied to present visual information in a visual orientation;
• an audio processor operable to output left audio, right audio, left spatialized three dimensional audio and right spatialized three dimensional audio, the left audio provided as left stereo channel audio from an audio source, the right audio provided as right stereo channel audio from the audio source, the left spatialized three dimensional audio generated by subtracting the right stereo channel audio from the left stereo channel audio, the right spatialized three dimensional audio generated by subtracting the left stereo channel audio from the right stereo channel audio;
• a crossbar switch interfacing the four speakers and audio processor;
• and
• an orientation manager interfaced with the crossbar switch and the orientation sensor, the orientation manager controlling the switch to direct left audio and left spatialized three dimensional audio to speakers located on a left side of the visual orientation, the orientation manager controlling the switch to direct right audio and right spatialized three dimensional audio to speakers located on a right side of the visual orientation.