Spatial audio to enable safe headphone use during exercise and commuting
US10375506B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2420/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Sound is produced through headphones in a manner that improves user experience and increases safety. In some circumstances, such as when the user is moving during exercise, commuting, etc., an audio safety spatialization mode of the headphones is automatically activated. In this mode, sound is spatialized such that when the user turns his head, the sound appears to be generated from a same position in space as before the user turned his head. If the user's head remains in the turned position, the spatialized sound will return to an initialized position with respect to the user's head.
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