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US 11,641,561 B2Granted
Sharing locations where binaural sound externally localizes
OwnerPhilip Scott Lyreninventor
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Abstract
A method processes binaural sound to externally localize to a first user at a first location. This location is shared such that an electronic device processes the binaural sound to externally localize to a second user at a second location. The first and second locations occur at a same or similar location such that the first and second users hear the binaural sound as originating from the same or similar location.
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A method comprising:
- processing, with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user, sound to externally localize at a coordinate location as binaural sound outside the head of the first user;
- transmitting, from a server in communication with the first WED and with the second WED, the coordinate location to the second WED;
- processing, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, the sound with the coordinate location so the binaural sound externally localizes to the first and second users at a same location;
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- simultaneously displaying, with a display of the first WED and with a display of the second WED, an augmented reality (AR) image or a virtual reality (VR) image at the same location.
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A method comprising:
- processing, with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first listener, sound that externally localizes as binaural sound to a location in empty space outside the head of the first listener;
- sharing, with a second WED worn on a head of a second listener, information that includes the location where the binaural sound is processed for the first listener;
- processing, with the second WED worn on the head of the second listener, the sound with the information so the binaural sound externally localizes to the second listener at the location in empty space where the binaural sound also externally localizes to the first listener;
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- verifying a sound localization point (SLP) where the first WED provides the binaural sound to the first listener is a same location as a SLP where the second WED provides the binaural sound to the second listener.
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An electronic system comprising:
- a first wearable electronic device (WED) that is worn on a head of a first user and that includes a processor that processes sound that externally localizes as binaural sound to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space outside the head of the first user and a transmitter that transmits the SLP for the binaural sound;
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- a second WED that is worn on a head of a second user and that includes a receiver that receives the SLP for the binaural sound and a processor that processes the sound that externally localizes as the binaural sound to the second user at the SLP in empty space where the binaural sound also externally localizes to the first user,
- wherein the first and second WEDs share information so the binaural sound continues to originate from a same location in a virtual location or a physical location where the first and second users are located while the first and second users change head orientations and move in the virtual location or the physical location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.