Communications devices including positional circuits and methods of operating the same
OwnerWilliam Eaton, Yojak Vasa +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Eaton, Yojak Vasa, Martin Trively
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Abstract
Methods of processing signals received at wireless communications devices are provided. First and second audio signals are received from first and second sources, respectively, at the communications device. The first audio signal is assigned to a first speaker channel and the second audio signal is assigned to a different second speaker channel. Thus, sounds emanating from the communications device responsive to the first and second audio signals are perceivably dimensionally separate from one another. Related wireless communications devices are also provided.
Claims29
A method of processing signals received at a communications device, comprising:
- receiving a first audio signal from a first source at the communications device;
- receiving a second audio signal from a second source at the communications device;
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- assigning the first audio signal to a first speaker channel and the second audio signal to a second speaker channel, different from the first speaker channel, such that sounds emanating from the communications device responsive to the first and second audio signals are perceivably dimensionally separate from one another.
A method of processing signals received at a communications device, comprising:
- receiving first and second audio signals from respective first and second sources at the communications device;
- assigning the first audio signal to a first speaker channel and the second audio signal to a second speaker channel, different from the first speaker channel, such that sounds emanating from the communications device associated with the first and second audio signals are perceivably dimensionally separated from one another;
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- displaying first and/or second images respectively associated with the first and second audio signals such that the first and second images are spatially associated with the first and second audio signals, respectively.
A method of processing signals received at a communications device, comprising:
- receiving a composite audio signal including two or more separate audio signals at the communications device;
- separating the composite audio signal into the two or more separate audio signals associated with respective two or more sources;
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- assigning the two or more audio signals to respective two or more different speaker channels, such that sounds emanating from the communications device responsive to the two or more audio signals are perceivably dimensionally separate from one another.
A communications device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a first audio signal from a first source at the communications device and a second audio signal from a second source at the communications device;
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- a positional audio circuit configured to assign the first audio signal to a first speaker channel and the second audio signal to a second speaker channel, different from the first speaker channel, such that sounds emanating from the communications device responsive to the first and second audio signals are perceivably dimensionally separate from one another.
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