Sonic Landscape System

Leonard Layton (Inventor), David Stanley Mcgrath (Inventor), Nigel Helyer (Inventor), Stephen James Bennett (Inventor), Richard James Cartwright (Inventor), Geoffrey Alexander Drane (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A system for providing a listener with an augmented audio reality in a geographical environment said system comprising a position locating system for determining a current position and orientation of a listener in said geographical environment; an audio track creation system for creating an audio track having a predetermined spatialization component dependent on an apparent location of an apparent source associated with said audio track in said geographical environment; an audio track rendering system adapted to render an audio signal based on said audio track to a series of speakers surrounding said listener such that said listener experiences an apparent preservation of said spatialization component; and an audio track playback system interconnected to said position locating system and said audio track creation system and adapted to forward a predetermined audio track to said audio rendering system for rendering depending on said current position and orientation of said listener in said geographical environment.
Original languageEnglish
Patent numberUS-7116789-B2
Priority date27/01/00
Filing date25/07/02
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2002
Externally publishedYes

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