IP Library Granted Patent US 12,495,267
Granted Patent B2
US 12,495,267 · App. 18/304,257 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Method of rendering object-based audio and electronic device for performing the method

Inventors: Yong Ju Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jae-hyoun Yoo (Daejeon, KR); Dae Young Jang (Daejeon, KR); Kyeongok Kang (Daejeon, KR); Soo Young Park (Daejeon, KR); Tae Jin Lee (Daejeon, KR); Young Ho Jeong (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04S7/303H04S7/307H04S2400/11H04S2400/13
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Patent No.
US 12,495,267
App. No.
18/304,257
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device for performing the method are disclosed. The method includes identifying metadata of the object-based audio, determining whether the metadata includes a parameter set for an atmospheric absorption effect for each distance, and rendering the object-based audio, using a distance between the object-based audio and a listener obtained using the metadata and the atmospheric absorption effect according to an effect of a medium attenuation based on the parameter, when the metadata includes the parameter.

Claims (35)

1 . A method of rendering object-based audio, the method comprising:

identifying metadata of the object-based audio;

determining whether the metadata comprises a parameter set for an atmospheric absorption effect for each distance;

rendering the object-based audio, using a distance between the object-based audio and a listener obtained using the metadata and the atmospheric absorption effect according to an effect of a medium attenuation based on the parameter and a cutoff frequency according to the distance comprised in the parameter, when the metadata comprises the parameter; and

rendering the object-based audio according to the distance based on an attenuation constant by predetermined air, when the metadata does not comprise the parameter.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises a minimum distance of the object-based audio,

wherein the rendering of the object-based audio comprises rendering the object-based audio by applying the atmospheric absorption effect according to the distance, when the distance exceeds the minimum distance.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the rendering of the object-based audio comprises rendering the object-based audio according to the distance based on the cutoff frequency.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter comprises a gain for each frequency band according to the distance,

wherein the rendering of the object-based audio comprises rendering the object-based audio according to the distance based on the gain for each frequency band.

5 . A method of rendering object-based audio, the method comprising:

identifying a distance between the object-based audio and a listener and a minimum distance of the object-based audio, using metadata of the object-based audio;

determining whether the metadata comprises a parameter set for an atmospheric absorption effect for each distance;

rendering the object-based audio using the distance and the atmospheric absorption effect according to the parameter and a cutoff frequency according to the distance comprised in the parameter, when the metadata comprises the parameter and the distance exceeds the minimum distance; and

rendering the object-based audio according to the distance based on an attenuation constant by predetermined air, when the metadata does not comprise the parameter.

6 . The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the rendering of the object-based audio comprises rendering the object-based audio according to the distance based on the cutoff frequency.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the parameter comprises a gain for each frequency band according to the distance,

wherein the rendering of the object-based audio comprises rendering the object-based audio according to the distance based on the gain for each frequency band.

8 . An electronic device comprising:

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

identify metadata comprising a distance between object-based audio and a listener;

determine whether the metadata comprises a parameter set for an atmospheric absorption effect for each distance;

render the object-based audio by applying the distance and the atmospheric absorption effect according to the parameter and a cutoff frequency according to the distance comprised in the parameter, when the metadata comprises the parameter; and

render the object-based audio according to the distance based on an attenuation constant by predetermined air, when the metadata does not comprise the parameter.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein

the metadata comprises a minimum distance of the object-based audio, and

the processor is configured to render the object-based audio by applying the atmospheric absorption effect according to the distance, when the distance exceeds the minimum distance.

10 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein

the processor is configured to render the object-based audio according to the distance based on the cutoff frequency.

11 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein

the parameter comprises a gain for each frequency band according to the distance, and

the processor is configured to render the object-based audio according to the distance based on the gain for each frequency band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: LEE, YONG JU; YOO, JAE-HYOUN; JANG, DAE YOUNG; KANG, KYEONGOK; PARK, SOO YOUNG; LEE, TAE JIN; JEONG, YOUNG HO
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2022-0050283 · Apr 22, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0085608 · Jul 12, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0168824 · Dec 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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