Spatialized, Localized, and Binaural Virtual Surround Sound

Technology Description

UC San Diego inventors have designed a system that takes an arbitrary speaker array and provides focused sound projection that is:

• Spatialized—present a localized beam of high quality audio.
• Localized—present no sound for most of the listening area, except a localized area.
• Binaural—present a sound as being located external to the listener.

Performance improves with the number of speakers in the array. The invention has been implemented successfully on a speaker array driven by specialized software.

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