US 12,170,879 B2
Switching binaural sound
Philip Scott Lyren, Rincon, PR (US); and Glen A. Norris, Lakewood, OH (US)
Filed by Philip Scott Lyren, Rincon, PR (US); and Glen A. Norris, Lakewood, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,931.
Application 18/234,931 is a continuation of application No. 17/898,600, filed on Aug. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,736,880.
Application 17/898,600 is a continuation of application No. 17/128,191, filed on Dec. 20, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/128,191 is a continuation of application No. 16/896,251, filed on Jun. 9, 2020, granted, now 10,873,821, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 16/896,251 is a continuation of application No. 16/843,987, filed on Apr. 9, 2020, granted, now 10,708,703, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 16/843,987 is a continuation of application No. 16/695,104, filed on Nov. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,659,898, issued on May 19, 2020.
Application 16/695,104 is a continuation of application No. 16/558,080, filed on Aug. 31, 2019, granted, now 10,499,174, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Application 16/558,080 is a continuation of application No. 16/510,921, filed on Jul. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,440,490, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 16/510,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/442,509, filed on Jun. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,448,184, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 16/442,509 is a continuation of application No. 16/435,503, filed on Jun. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,412,519, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 16/401,242 is a continuation of application No. 16/401,233, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 10,362,421, issued on Jul. 23, 2019.
Application 16/435,503 is a continuation of application No. 16/401,242, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 10,368,179, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Application 16/401,233 is a continuation of application No. 16/106,140, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,499,173, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Application 16/106,140 is a continuation of application No. 15/826,721, filed on Nov. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,080,093, issued on Sep. 18, 2018.
Application 15/826,721 is a continuation of application No. 15/674,009, filed on Aug. 10, 2017, granted, now 9,848,271, issued on Dec. 19, 2017.
Application 15/674,009 is a continuation of application No. 14/979,483, filed on Dec. 27, 2015, granted, now 9,749,766, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396945 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04S 1/00 (2006.01); G10L 19/16 (2013.01); G10L 19/22 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 1/007 (2013.01) [G10L 19/167 (2013.01); G10L 19/22 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/305 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a listener, the WED comprising:
a display that displays, during an electronic communication with a user, a virtual image of the user that appears in an area where the listener is physically located; and
one or more sensors that sense, during the electronic communication with the user, when a person moves to be within a predetermined distance from the listener wearing the WED,
wherein the WED lowers, during the electronic communication with the user, a volume of a voice of the user being played to the listener as binaural sound in response to the one or more sensors sensing when the person moves to be within the predetermined distance from the listener, and
wherein the WED moves a sound localization point (SLP) of the voice of the user being played to the listener as the binaural sound in response to the one or more sensors sensing when the person moves to be within the predetermined distance from the listener.