Emoji that indicates a location of binaural sound
OwnerPhilip Scott Lyreninventor
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Abstract
A smartphone displays an emoji that when activated plays sound that externally localizes in binaural sound to the listener. The emoji includes an indication that shows a location where the sound will externally localize as the binaural sound away from a head of the listener when the listener activates the emoji.
Claims20
A method executed by a wearable electronic device (WED) that enables a listener to know in advance of activating an emoji where binaural sound of an emoji will externally localize to the listener, the method comprising:
- displaying, with a display of the WED, the emoji that when activated plays the binaural sound to the listener and that has a body with an indication showing a location where the binaural sound will externally localize away from a head of the listener when the listener activates the emoji.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions a wearable electronic device (WED) executes, the method comprising:
- assisting a listener in knowing where binaural sound from an emoji will externally localize to the listener when the listener activates the emoji by displaying, with a display of the WED, the emoji with an indication of a sound localization point (SLP) where the binaural sound from the emoji will externally localize to the listener when the listener activates the emoji to hear the binaural sound.
A method executed by a wearable electronic device (WED), the method comprising:
- enabling a listener to know in advance of activating an emoji that sound of the emoji will externally localize as binaural sound as opposed to stereo sound or mono sound by displaying, with a display of the WED, the emoji as a person or a character that includes an indication visually informing the listener that the sound of the emoji will externally localize as the binaural sound as opposed to the stereo sound or the mono sound when the listener activates the emoji.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.