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US 11,310,599 B2Granted
Dummy head for electronic calls
OwnerGlen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyreninventors
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Abstract
A method captures binaural sound of a voice of a first user with microphones located at left and rights ears of a dummy head. The dummy head transmits the voice of the first user to a portable electronic device with or near the first user. This portable electronic device transmits the binaural sound over one or more networks to another electronic device being used by a second user to communicate with the first user during the electronic call.
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A method comprising:
- capturing, with microphones in a dummy human head shaped like a human head, a voice of a first user in binaural sound;
- transmitting, with a wireless transmitter in the dummy human head, the voice of the first user in the binaural sound to a portable electronic device (PED) of a second user;
- receiving, with a receiver in the dummy head, a voice of the second user from the PED of the second user;
- playing, with speakers in the dummy head, the voice of the second user to the first user;
- and
- executing, by the dummy human head, a voice command from the first user to stop transmitting the voice of the first user in the binaural sound.
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A dummy head comprising:
- a body shaped like a human head;
- microphones in ears that capture binaural sound;
- a wireless receiver that receives a voice of a user;
- and
- speakers that play the voice of the user, wherein the microphones receive a voice command that causes the dummy head to start capturing and transmitting the binaural sound.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a dummy head with ears having microphones that capture a voice of a first user as binaural sound with head-related impulse responses (HRIRs);
- a receiver that receives a voice of a second user during an electronic communication between the first user and the second user;
- a transmitter that transmits the voice of the first user as the binaural sound to an electronic device of the second user;
- and
- a processor that processes a voice command from the first user to stop transmitting the voice of the first user to the second user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.