Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to spatial audio. The patent delves into advancing sensors in devices from AirPods to AirPods Max to XR headset and more to determine the user s environment and adjust the audio accordingly. Apple notes that the more the virtual room resembles the acoustics of the real room in which the person is operating, the more plausible the sense of externalization will be.
Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 63 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report we briefly cover patents relating to spatial audio, a next-gen safety belt system for an Apple vehicle and point to patents covering Apple s Pro Display XDR s lift arm and future use of gas detectors in Apple devices. We also cover a design patent relating to an Apple Arcade retail display.