Wearable electronic device that corrects errors where a user hears binaural sound
OwnerPhilip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norrisinventors
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Abstract
A wearable electronic device (WED) corrects errors where a user hears binaural sound. The WED includes a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound into the binaural sound to localize to a first location and head tracking that tracks where the user looks to hear the binaural sound at a second location. The WED corrects an error between the first location and the second location.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- processing, with one or more electronic devices, sound to externally localize as binaural sound to first coordinates for a user;
- determining, from information collected with head tracking worn on a head of the user, second coordinates of a head orientation of the user when the user looks at a location where the user hears the binaural sound;
- calculating, with the one or more electronic devices, an error that is a difference between the first coordinates and the second coordinates;
- and
- correcting, with one or more electronic devices, the error.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions in which one or more electronic devices execute a method that corrects errors where a user hears sound as three-dimensional (3D) sound, the method comprising:
- processing the sound to externally localize as the 3D sound to a first location in empty space to the user;
- tracking head movements of the user to determine a second location from where the user hears the 3D sound originate;
- calculating an error that is a difference between the first location and the second location;
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- correcting the error so the first location and the second location are at a same location.
A wearable electronic device (WED) comprising:
- a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound into binaural sound to externally localize at a first location;
- and
- head tracking that tracks head movements of the user to determine a second location that is where the user looks when hearing the binaural sound, wherein the WED determines an error between the first location and the second location, and the DSP changes processing of the sound to correct the error.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.