Sony patents game audio that changes sound position based on player actions
Sony has been granted a patent for a system that alters the audio in online games. It detects when a specific condition is met by a player's character and changes how that character's sound is positioned in 3D space for other players.
In the filing’s own words
A method for identifying a location of a sound source is described. The method includes determining whether a predetermined condition regarding the sound source in a game is achieved during a play of the game and modifying first audio data generated based on a first sound received from a player in response to determining that the predetermined condition is achieved. The first audio data is modified in a three-dimensional audio space to output first modified audio data. The player controls the sound source in the game. The method includes providing the first modified audio data via a computer network to a client device to output a first modified sound.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for identifying a location of a sound source, comprising: determining whether a predetermined condition regarding the sound source in a game is achieved during a play of the game, wherein the sound source is a virtual character; modifying first audio data generated based on a first sound received from a first player in response to determining that the predetermined condition is achieved, wherein the first audio data is modified in a three-dimensional audio space to output first modified audio data, wherein the first player controls the sound source in the game; and providing the first modified audio data via a computer network to a second player client device to output a first modified sound.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- Systems and methods for identifying a location of a sound source
- Patent number
- US12746471B2
- Application number
- 18778853
- Filed
- Jul 19, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
A63F 13/54 Human necessitiesA63F 2300/6081 Human necessitiesMore from Sony in Games & media
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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