Computer system for rendering event-customized audio content, and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12309462-B2
Application number	US-202217939306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2022
Priority date	Sep 9, 2021
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A computer system for rendering event-customized audio content and a method thereof. The computer system may be configured to receive an event list of a plurality of events, an audio list for audio rendering information that matches each of the events, and event state information on a current event state, and to output current audio content according to audio rendering information that matches one of the events based on the current event state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a computer system, the method comprising:
receiving an event list of a plurality of events, an audio list for audio rendering information that matches each of the events, and event state information on a current event state; and
outputting current audio content according to audio rendering information that matches one of the events based on the current event state, and
wherein the outputting of the current audio content comprises:
when the current event state is related to at least two of the events, determining audio rendering information that matches one of the related events based on predetermined priority; and
outputting, to an electronic device, the current audio content according to the determined audio rendering information along with visual content from the at least two of the events and displaying the visual content from the at least two events, wherein the audio content output provided with the displayed visual content only matches one of the related events based on the predetermined priority, and
wherein the event state information includes layer information of the related events, and
further wherein the processor is configured to determine audio rendering information that matches an event of an upper layer among the related events based on the layer information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the events is an audio matching event or a non-audio matching event, and
wherein the determining of the audio rendering information that matches one of the related events comprises determining the audio rendering information that matches one of the related events based on the audio matching event among the related events.

3. A method performed by a computer system, the method comprising:
receiving an event list of a plurality of events, an audio list for audio rendering information that matches each of the events, and event state information on a current event state; and
outputting current audio content according to audio rendering information that matches one of the events based on the current event state,
wherein the outputting of the current audio content comprises:
when the current event state is related to at least two of the events, determining audio rendering information that matches one of the related events based on predetermined priority; and
outputting the current audio content according to the determined audio rendering information; and

wherein the event state information includes layer information of the related events, and
wherein the determining of the audio rendering information that matches one of the related events comprises determining audio rendering information that matches an event of an upper layer among the related events based on the layer information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event state information includes tally information indicating at least one of the events.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting of the current audio content comprises:
when a plurality of event sources is connected, determining one of the event sources based on a connection relationship between the event sources; and
outputting the current audio content according to audio rendering information that matches an event from the determined event source.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determining of one of the event sources comprises:
determining one of the event sources based on predetermined priority; or
determining one of the event sources as a default.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the events include at least one of a video scene, lighting, firework, fog, and a multiple view non-contact screen.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio rendering information that matches each of the events represents a spatial audio attribute used to spatially process audio content to be output in association with a corresponding event.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to computer-implement the method of claim 1 .

10. A computer system comprising:
a memory;
a communication module; and
a processor configured to connect to each of the memory and the communication module, and to execute at least one instruction stored in the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive an event list of a plurality of events, an audio list for audio rendering information that matches each of the events, and event state information on a current event state, and
output current audio content according to audio rendering information that matches one of the events based on the current event state, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
when the current event state is related to at least two of the events, determine audio rendering information that matches one of the related events based on desired priority, and
output, to an electronic device, the current audio content according to the determined audio rendering information, and
wherein the event state information includes layer information of the related events, and
further wherein the processor is configured to determine audio rendering information that matches an event of an upper layer among the related events based on the layer information.

11. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein each of the events is an audio matching event or a non-audio matching event, and
wherein the processor is configured to determine the audio rendering information that matches one of the related events based on the audio matching event among the related events.

12. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the event state information includes tally information indicating at least one of the events.

13. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to,
when a plurality of event sources is connected, determine one of the event sources based on a connection relationship between the event sources, and
output the current audio content according to audio rendering information that matches an event from the determined event source.

14. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to,
determine one of the event sources based on predetermined priority, or
determine one of the event sources as a default.

15. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the events include at least one of a video scene, lighting, fireworks, fog, and a multiple view non-contact screen.

16. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the audio rendering information that matches each of the events represents a spatial audio attribute used to spatially process audio content to be output in association with a corresponding event.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual content includes views from the at least two of the events.

18. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the output, to the electronic device, of current audio content according to the determined audio rendering information also includes an output, to the electronic device, of visual content from the at least two of the events and a display of the visual content from the at least two events, wherein the audio content output provided with the displayed visual content only matches one of the related events based on the desired priority.

Assignees

• Naver Corp
• Gaudio Lab Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jung Sik
• Kim Dae Hwang
• Kim Dong Hwan
• Lee Taegyu
• Seo Jeonghun
• Oh Jiwon

Classifications

• H04N5/775

  between a recording apparatus and a television receiver · CPC title

• H04N5/607

  for more than one sound signal, e.g. stereo, multilanguages (H04N5/602 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/2335

  involving reformatting operations of audio signals, e.g. by converting from one coding standard to another (details of audio signal transcoding G10L19/173) · CPC title

• H04N21/2187

  Live feed · CPC title

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title