Patent ID: 11877135
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A method of audio processing, comprising:
receiving data describing an audio scene,
wherein the data comprises audio data for a set of audio elements,
wherein the set of audio elements correspond to audio sources in the scene and metadata,
wherein the metadata comprises at least a first audio rendering property indicator,
wherein the first audio rendering property indicator is for a first audio element of the set of audio elements;

rendering audio elements by generating a first set of audio signals for a set of loudspeakers;
rendering audio elements by generating a second set of audio signals for headphones;
in response to the first audio rendering property indicator, selecting between:
rendering at least a first portion of the first audio element via the set of loudspeakers, and rendering at least the first portion of the first audio element via the headphones,
wherein the first audio rendering property indicator is indicative of whether the first portion of the first audio element should be rendered via the loudspeakers, or rendered via the headphones; and
selecting different rendering for the first portion of the first audio element and for a second portion of the first audio element.