Altering a graphical representation to indicate sound will externally localize as binaural sound
OwnerPhilip Scott Lyreninventor
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Abstract
A method alters an appearance of a graphical representation based on whether a listener is wearing headphones or earphones. During an electronic communication, an electronic device of the user receives the graphical representation. The electronic device determines whether the user is wearing headphones or earphones and alters an appearance of the graphical representation based on this determination so the user knows that the sound will externally localize as binaural sound.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, with an electronic device, whether a user is wearing one of headphones and earphones;
- displaying, with the electronic device, a graphical representation with a first appearance upon determining that the user is not wearing the one of the headphones and the earphones;
- and
- displaying, with the electronic device, the graphical representation with a second appearance upon determining that the user is wearing the one of the headphones and the earphones, wherein the second appearance visually informs the user that upon activation of the graphical representation sound will externally localize as binaural sound away from a head of the user.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that one or more electronic devices execute to perform a method comprising:
- determining whether a user wears headphones;
- displaying a graphical representation without an indication of binaural sound in response to determining that the user is not wearing the headphones;
- and
- displaying the graphical representation with the indication of the binaural sound in response to determining that the user is wearing the headphones,
- wherein the indication of the binaural sound visually shows the user that sound of the graphical representation will externally localize outside a head of the user as the binaural sound when the binaural sound of the graphical representation plays to the user through the headphones.
A method comprising:
- playing sound of graphical representation as mono sound or stereo sound upon determining that the user is not wearing a wearable electronic device (WED);
- altering, in response to determining that the user is wearing the WED, an appearance of the graphical representation by adding a visual indication that shows the user that the sound will play as binaural sound that externally localizes outside a head of the user;
- and
- displaying, with on a display, the graphical representation with the visual indication that shows the user that the sound will play as the binaural sound that externally localizes outside the head of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.