Sony patents system that adjusts audio position based on head movement
Sony describes a device that tracks how a user turns their head and sends this data to a cloud server. The server processes the data to adjust where sounds appear to come from, ensuring the audio stays in the right place even as the user moves.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is an information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a first acquisition unit acquires head rotation information of a user. A transmission unit transmits the head rotation information to a cloud system. A second acquisition unit acquires content information to be presented to the user and meta information accompanying the content information, the content information being generated by predetermined processing performed by the cloud system using the head rotation information. A correction unit corrects, based on the meta information, a presentation position of a content reproduced by the content information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing device, comprising: a processor configured to: acquire head rotation information of a user; transmit the head rotation information to a cloud system; acquire content information that is presented to the user and meta information that accompanies the content information, wherein the content information is generated by a specific process which is executed by the cloud system, and the specific process is executed based on the head rotation information; select, based on a frequency band of the content information, a correction method from a plurality of selectable correction methods; and correct, based on the meta information and the selected correction method, a presentation position of a content reproduced by the content information.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system
- Patent number
- US12739589B2
- Application number
- 18558230
- Filed
- Feb 22, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 13
Classified under
H04S 7/304 Electricity & electronicsH04S 1/007 Electricity & electronicsH04S 2400/01 Electricity & electronicsH04S 2420/01 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in Audio & voice
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