IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,450
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,450 · App. 18/234,194 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Systems and methods for ultra-wideband applications

Inventors: Nabeel Ahmed (San Jose, CA); Sebastian Sztuk (Virum, DK); Sam Padinjaremannil Alex (Dublin, CA); Kirk Erik Burgess (Newark, CA); Ankit Brahmbhatt (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
H04R3/12H04S7/303H04W4/023H04W76/14H04R2420/07
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Patent No.
US 12,457,450
App. No.
18/234,194
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, the systems and methods described herein may include a first device comprising a first ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna. The first device may establish a connection with a second device having a second UWB antenna. The first device may determine an orientation of the first device relative to the second device, according to one or more UWB measurements between the first UWB antenna of the first device and the second UWB antenna of the second device. The first device may receive audio signals corresponding to the second device, and can render the audio signals into audio output to a user of the first device according to the determined orientation.

Claims (39)

1. A system comprising:

one or more first UWB transceivers of a device, the one or more first UWB transceivers configured to establish a connection with one or more second UWB transceivers of a wearable device of a user; and

one or more processors of the device, configured to:

determine, based on data sent between the one or more first UWB transceivers and the one or more second UWB transceivers, an orientation of the wearable device relative to the device;

modify content which is to be rendered to a user of the wearable device, based at least in part upon the determined orientation of the wearable device relative to the device, wherein the content is modified to be spatialized such that the modified content is perceived as originating from a direction corresponding to the orientation of the wearable device relative to the device; and

render the modified content to the user of the wearable device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device anchors the wearable device in a physical environment.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the determined orientation relates to a relative distance between the wearable device and the device.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the determined orientation relates to a pose of the wearable device relative to the device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein, to render the content to the user, the one or more processors are configured to modify audio output to the user according to the determined orientation.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device comprises a head mounted display (HMD), and wherein the HMD is configured to render the content according to the orientation of the HMD relative to the device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the content rendered by the HMD comprises audio content.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user is a first user, and wherein the wearable device provides a virtual environment comprising the first user and one or more second users located remotely from the first user.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein, to render the content to the first user, the one or more processors are configured to modify the content for rendering, according to the determined orientation indicating that a second user of the one or more second users is a user of interest to the first user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more second users comprise a plurality of second users, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to modify content relating to one or more other users of the plurality of second users for rendering, according to the determined orientation indicating that the second user is the user of interest to the first user.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the content comprises audio content, wherein the wearable device is configured to render the modified audio content according to the orientation of the wearable device relative to the device, and wherein the audio content is modified by at least one of:

boosting an audio stream of a plurality of audio streams corresponding to the audio content;

dampening an audio stream of the plurality of audio streams; or

reverberating an audio stream of the plurality of audio stream.

12. A method comprising:

determining, by a device, based on data sent between one or more first UWB transceivers of the device and one or more second UWB transceivers of a wearable device, an orientation of the wearable device relative to the device;

modifying, by the device, content which is to be rendered to a user of the wearable device, based at least in part upon the determined orientation of the wearable device relative to the device, wherein the content is modified to be spatialized such that the modified content is perceived as originating from a direction corresponding to the orientation of the wearable device relative to the device; and

rendering the modified content to the user of the wearable device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the device anchors the wearable device in a physical environment.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the determined orientation relates to at least one of a relative distance between the wearable device and the device or a pose of the wearable device relative to the device.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the user is a first user, and wherein the wearable device provides a virtual environment comprising the first user and one or more second users located remotely from the first user.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein rendering the content comprises modifying, by the first device, the content for rendering, according to the determined orientation indicating that a second user of the one or more second users is a user of interest to the first user.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more second users comprise a plurality of second users, the method further comprising modifying, by the first device, the content relating to one or more other users of the plurality of second users for rendering, according to the determined orientation indicating that the second user is the user of interest to the first user.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the content comprises audio content, and wherein the method further comprises modifying, by the first device, the audio content for rendering according to the orientation of the wearable device relative to the device, wherein the audio content is modified by at least one of:

boosting an audio stream of a plurality of audio streams corresponding to the audio content;

dampening an audio stream of the plurality of audio streams; or

reverberating an audio stream of the plurality of audio stream.

19. A first device comprising:

one or more first UWB transceivers configured to establish a connection with one or more second UWB transceivers of a second device; and

one or more processors configured to:

determine, based on data sent between the one or more first UWB transceivers and the one or more second UWB transceivers, an orientation of the first device relative to the second device;

modify content which is to be rendered to a user of the second device, based at least in part upon the determined orientation of the second device relative to the first device, wherein the content is modified to be spatialized such that the modified content is perceived as originating from a direction corresponding to the orientation of the wearable device relative to the device; and

cause rendering of the modified content.

20. The first device of claim 19 , wherein the first device comprises an anchor device, and wherein the second device comprises a wearable device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: AHMED, NABEEL; SZTUK, SEBASTIAN; ALEX, SAM PADINJAREMANNIL; BURGESS, KIRK ERIK; BRAHMBHATT, ANKIT
To: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 064740/0160 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 064758/0704 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17565772 · Dec 30, 2021
Provisional Application 63163418 · Mar 19, 2021
Related Publication 20230396926A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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