Patent ID: 9648439
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04S

Claim:
1. A system for rendering at least one soundfield to a listener via binaural headphones, wherein the at least one soundfield includes sound information and spatial location information related to at least one sound source, the system comprising: a first apparatus for generating a number of virtual speaker feeds from each soundfield; a second apparatus for transforming the number of virtual speaker feeds into binaural headphone feeds; and a third apparatus for rendering the at least one soundfield to the listener by feeding the binaural headphone feeds to the binaural headphones, wherein the binaural headphone feeds are configured to have the listener perceive each soundfield as originating from a region exclusively in front of the listener, wherein said number of virtual speaker feeds includes N virtual speaker feeds configured for playback over N virtual speakers arranged around the listener in a horizontal plane, and wherein transforming the number of virtual speaker feeds into the binaural headphone feeds includes transforming the N virtual speaker feeds into an array of virtual speakers feeds configured for playback over an array of virtual speakers arranged in a vertical plane located in front of the listener.