Sign in Subscribe
Telecommunications equipment industry

Sonaptic Completes JSR-234 Audio Engine, Contributing to New Standard for 3D Audio on Mobile Phones

Strategic Insights

— 2 min read

Sonaptic Limited, a leading developer of advanced 3D audio technologies for handheld devices, has completed its JSR-234 Audio Engine and contributed to the development of a new standard for 3D audio on mobile phones and convergence handsets using Java. The company played a major role in the development of the audio portion of this standard within the Java Community Process (JCP), alongside Nokia, Ericsson, Vodafone, and Sun Microsystems.

Key Takeaways:

  • Sonaptic completed its JSR-234 Audio Engine, a key component in the new standard for 3D audio on mobile phones and convergence handsets.
  • The company contributed to the development of the audio portion of the standard within the Java Community Process (JCP), alongside major industry players.
  • Sonaptic's 3D Audio Engine fully supports the 3D audio and music capabilities defined in the JSR-234 Advanced Multimedia Supplements API Final Release.
  • The JSR-234 standard allows mobile devices to access a full range of multimedia technologies through a standardized Java API, including camera, tuner, image manipulation, and 3D positional audio and music capabilities.
  • The company's 3D Audio Engine is currently licensed and shipping in mobile phones from NEC, Fujitsu, and Mitsubishi, and will soon be available from a fourth vendor.
  • The JSR-234 standard is portable and has been especially crafted for the low-power, low-resource requirements of the mobile device environment, making it ideal for use on mobile phones, personal video and music players, PDAs, and gaming platforms.
  • Sonaptic recently presented a paper entitled "3D Audio for Mobile Devices via Java" at the 118th AES Conference in Barcelona, alongside other Expert Group members Nokia and Ericsson.
  • Handset vendors supporting JSR-234 as part of the initial Expert Group include Nokia, Ericsson, NEC, and Fujitsu.
  • There are already an estimated 600 million Java-enabled mobile devices currently deployed worldwide, and it is expected that JSR-234 will also form an important part of the Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) in providing a common platform for developers of Mobile Java applications under J2ME for many years to come.

Statistics:

  • 600 million: Estimated number of Java-enabled mobile devices currently deployed worldwide.
  • 3 vendors: NEC, Fujitsu, and Mitsubishi currently license and ship Sonaptic's 3D Audio Engine in their mobile phones.
  • 1 vendor: A fourth vendor will soon be available to license and ship Sonaptic's 3D Audio Engine in their mobile phones.

Sources:

  • Sonaptic Limited, "Sonaptic Completes JSR-234 Audio Engine, Contributing to New Standard for 3D Audio on Mobile Phones," PRNewswire, June 21.
  • Sonaptic Limited, "About Sonaptic," http://www.sonaptic.com/.
  • Java Community Process (JCP), "JSR-234 Advanced Multimedia Supplements API Final Release," http://www.jcp.org/.

Read more