Patent ID: 11968518
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
determine a loudspeaker dependent spread factor for at least one individual loudspeaker of loudspeakers of a loudspeaker arrangement, the loudspeaker dependent spread factor depending on a specification of the at least one individual loudspeaker, the specification of the at least one individual loudspeaker including at least a type of the at least one individual loudspeaker, a type of membrane of the at least one individual loudspeaker, and a directivity pattern of the at least one loudspeaker; and
control outputs of the loudspeakers of the loudspeaker arrangement based on the loudspeaker dependent spread factor for the at least one individual loudspeaker to generate at least one virtual sound source.