METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EFFECTIVE DELIVERY AND USE OF AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS FOR HIGH QUALITY OF PERCEPTION Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G06F3/16 

FIELD: augmented reality.

SUBSTANCE: claimed invention relates to the field of video content, in particular, virtual reality content. A method and system for a virtual reality, VR, augmented reality, AR, mixed reality, MR, or Panoramic Video environment is described. The system can be configured to: receive at least one Video stream associated with the reproduced audio and video scene; and receiving at least one first Audio Stream associated with the reproduced audio and video scene; while the system comprises: at least one multimedia Video decoder configured to decode at least one Video signal from at least one Video stream to present the audio and video scene to the user; and at least one multimedia Audio decoder, configured to decode at least one Audio signal from at least one first Audio stream to present an audio and video scene to a user; an area of ​​interest processor, ROI, configured to: decide, based on at least the data of the current viewport, whether an Audio information message associated with at least one ROI should be reproduced, while the audio information message does not depend on at least one mentioned video signal and at least one Audio signal; and initiating the playing of the audio information when deciding that the information message should be played.

EFFECT: said group of solutions ensures adaptability of the architecture when referring to different types of audio icons, which provides an improved user experience.

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