A device for managing sound playback includes one or more processors configured to receive an indication of a user-device interaction between a user and an audio interface device during a sound playback operation of a multi-speaker audio playback system. The one or more processors are also configured to, based on receiving the indication of the user-device interaction, initiate a selective adjustment of the sound playback operation to reduce a playback sound of the multi-speaker audio playback system based on a position of the user.

Provided are an audio processing method and apparatus, a readable medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring an original image captured by a terminal; determining a three-dimensional relative position of a target object relative to the terminal as a first three-dimensional relative position according to the original image; and performing three-dimensional effect processing on a target sound according to the first three-dimensional relative position to enable a sound source position of the target sound in audio obtained after the three-dimensional effect processing and the first three-dimensional relative position to conform to a positional relationship between the target object and a sound effect object corresponding to the target object, where the target sound is an effect sound corresponding to the sound effect object.

The present invention provides a method for processing audio data, comprising providing input audio data containing a mixture of different timbres, decomposing the input audio data to generate decomposed data representing a predetermined timbre selected from the timbres contained in the input audio data, determining a set point position of a virtual sound source outputting the predetermined timbre relative to a position of a virtual listener, and generating stereophonic output data based on the decomposed data and the determined set point position.

A device includes a memory configured to store instructions. The device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain spatial audio data representing audio from one or more sound sources. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions to generate first directional audio data based on the spatial audio data. The first directional audio data corresponds to a first arrangement of the one or more sound sources relative to an audio output device. The processor is further configured to generate second directional audio data based on the spatial audio data. The second directional audio data corresponds to a second arrangement of the one or more sound sources relative to the audio output device. The second arrangement is distinct from the first arrangement. The processor is also configured to generate an output stream based on the first directional audio data and the second directional audio data.

Embodiments include a processing device communicatively coupled to a plurality of audio devices comprising at least one microphone and at least one speaker, and to a digital signal processing (DSP) component having a plurality of audio input channels for receiving audio signals captured by the at least one microphone, the processing device being configured to identify one or more of the audio devices based on a unique identifier associated with each of said one or more audio devices; obtain device information from each identified audio device; and adjust one or more settings of the DSP component based on the device information. A computer-implemented method of automatically configuring an audio conferencing system, comprising a digital signal processing (DSP) component and a plurality of audio devices including at least one speaker and at least one microphone, is also provided.

In general, the present embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of a soundfield at a desired location, including a location that has actual sound content obstructed or distorted. According to certain aspects, the present embodiments aim at presenting a more natural, spatially accurate sound, for example to a user at the desired location who is wearing a helmet, mimicking the sound a user would experience if they were not wearing any headgear. Modes for enhanced spatial hearing may be applied which would include situation-dependent processing for augmented hearing. According to other aspects, methods and apparatuses record or capture the sound experienced by a number of the participants and devices on and near the field of play, analyze the captured sound for its various components and their associated spatial content, and make those components available to participants and spectators.

An apparatus for reproducing a spatially extended sound source having a defined position or orientation and geometry in a space has an interface for receiving a listener position. The apparatus having a projector for calculating a projection of a two- or three-dimensional hull associated with the sound source onto a projection plane using the listener position, information on the geometry of the sound source, and on the position of the sound source; a sound position calculator for calculating positions of at least two sound sources for the spatially extended sound source using the projection plane; and a renderer for rendering the at least two sound sources at the positions to obtain a reproduction of the sound source having two or more output signals, configured to use different sound signals for the different positions.

The present disclosure relates to a method of processing audio content including directivity information for at least one sound source, the directivity information comprising a first set of first directivity unit vectors representing directivity directions and associated first directivity gains. The disclosure further relates to corresponding methods of encoding and decoding audio content including directivity information for at least one sound source.

A method performed by an electronic device in a room. The method performs an enrollment process in which a spatial profile of a location of an artificial sound source is created and performs an identification process that determines whether a sound event within the room is produced by the artificial sound source by 1) capturing the sound event using a microphone array and 2) determining a likelihood that the sound event occurred at the location of the artificial sound source.

Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for presenting an audio signal to a user of a wearable head device. According to an example method, a first input audio signal is received, the first input audio signal corresponding to a source location in a virtual environment presented to the user via the wearable head device. The first input audio signal is processed to generate a left output audio signal and a right output audio signal. The left output audio signal is presented to the left ear of the user via a left speaker associated with the wearable head device. The right output audio signal is presented to the right ear of the user via a right speaker associated with the wearable head device. Processing the first input audio signal comprises applying a delay process to the first input audio signal to generate a left audio signal and a right audio signal; adjusting a gain of the left audio signal; adjusting a gain of the right audio signal; applying a first head-related transfer function (HRTF) to the left audio signal to generate the left output audio signal; and applying a second HRTF to the right audio signal to generate the right output audio signal. Applying the delay process to the first input audio signal comprises applying an interaural time delay (ITD) to the first input audio signal, the ITD determined based on the source location.