ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,088, issued on May 13.
"Binaural sound in visual entertainment media" was invented by Philip Scott Lyren (Rincon, Ore.) and Glen A. Norris (Lakewood, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method provides binaural sound to a listener while the listener watches a movie so sounds from the movie localize to a location of a character in the movie. Sound is convolved with head related transfer functions (HRTFs) of the listener, and the convolved sound is provided to the listener who wears a wearable electronic device."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/758,161.
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