Patent ID: 11937074
Assignee: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of rendering input audio for playback in a playback environment, wherein the input audio includes at least one audio object and associated metadata, wherein the associated metadata indicates at least a location of the audio object, the method comprising:
determining, based on the metadata, whether the audio object is to be rendered with non-zero divergence;
in accordance with determining that the audio object is to be rendered with non-zero divergence:
creating two additional audio objects associated with the audio object such that respective locations of the two additional audio objects are evenly spaced, by an angular distance indicated by the metadata, from the location of the audio object, on opposite sides of the location of the audio object when seen from an intended listener's position in the playback environment;
determining respective weight factors for application to the audio object and the two additional audio objects; and
rendering the audio object and the two additional audio objects to two or more speaker feeds in accordance with the determined weight factors.