Patent ID: 11956620
Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
a speaker;
a sensor; and
one or more processors configured to execute a method comprising:
determining, via the sensor, a listener position in a mixed reality environment;
identifying a virtual sound source in the mixed reality environment;
identifying an object in the mixed reality environment;
determining a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the first audio signal originates at the virtual sound source and intersects the listener position;
in accordance with a determination that the first audio signal intersects the object:
determining a second audio signal based on the first audio signal and the object; and

presenting, via the speaker to an ear of a user, the second audio signal; and
in accordance with a determination that the first audio signal does not intersect the object:
forgoing determining the second audio signal; and
presenting, via the speaker to the ear of the user, the first audio signal.