Patent ID: 11887608
Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. An audio decoding apparatus, comprising:
an interface system; and
a control system configured for:
receiving, via the interface system, audio data corresponding to at least one audio object, the audio data including a monophonic audio signal, audio object position metadata, audio object size metadata, and a rendering parameter, wherein the audio object position metadata includes 6DoF source orientation information;, determining whether the rendering parameter indicates a positional mode or a directivity mode; and, upon determining that the rendering parameter indicates a directivity mode, rendering the audio data for reproduction via at least one loudspeaker according to a directivity pattern indicated by at least one of the audio object position metadata or the audio object size metadata.