MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647083003 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on July 06, 2026, for Apparatus And Method For Encoding A Combined Input Format Spatial Audio Signal.

Inventors include Vasilache, Adriana; Laitinen, Mikko-Ville; and Laaksonen, Lasse Juhani.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: An apparatus for encoding a combined input format spatial audio signal, wherein the apparatus comprises means configured to: obtain a first input spatial audio signal, the first input spatial audio signal comprises one or more audio objects; obtain a second input spatial audio signal; select one audio object from the o...