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US 11,153,687 B1Granted
Wireless headphone interactions
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsDavid Chance Graham, Patrick L. Coffman, Thomas S. Hulbert, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Daniel Max Strongwater
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for electronic audio devices. In some examples, the operating mode of the device changes to various states of sound transparency.
Claims42
An electronic device, comprising:
- an audio output mechanism;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- determining a context of the electronic device based on ambient sound of the electronic device;
- and
- in response to determining the context of the electronic device:
- in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device is a first context, operating the electronic device in a first state of ambient sound transparency, wherein the first context includes the ambient sound indicating a person talking to a user of the electronic device and including a name that indicates the user;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device is a second context, different than the first context, operating the electronic device in a second state of ambient sound transparency, different than the first state of ambient sound transparency.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with an audio output mechanism, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- determining a context of the electronic device based on ambient sound of the electronic device;
- and
- in response to determining the context of the electronic device:
- in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device is a first context, operating the electronic device in a first state of ambient sound transparency, wherein the first context includes the ambient sound indicating a person talking to a user of the electronic device and including a name that indicates the user;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device is a second context, different than the first context, operating the electronic device in a second state of ambient sound transparency, different than the first state of ambient sound transparency.
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A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device having an audio output mechanism;
- determining a context of the electronic device based on ambient sound of the electronic device;
- and
- in response to determining the context of the electronic device:
- in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device is a first context, operating the electronic device in a first state of ambient sound transparency, wherein the first context includes the ambient sound indicating a person talking to a user of the electronic device and including a name that indicates the user;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device is a second context, different than the first context, operating the electronic device in a second state of ambient sound transparency, different than the first state of ambient sound transparency.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.