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US 2007/0165866 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to facilitate conveying audio content
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorBoaz Super
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Abstract
These teachings provide a detector for determining a direction to a target, an audio emitter having a preferred directional output, and an audio receiver having a preferred directional sensitivity. The audio emitter and receiver are responsive to the directional information from the detector to maintain the target within their preferred directions.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a detector for automatically tracking a direction to a target;
- an aimable audio emitter responsive to the detector and having a preferred directional output;
- and
- an aimable audio receiver responsive to the detector and having a preferred directional sensitivity.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for automatically determining a direction to a target;
- aimable means responsive to the means for determining a direction to a target for producing a sound output having a preferred directional orientation;
- and
- aimable means responsive to the means for determining a direction to a target for receiving a sound input and having a preferred directional sensitivity.
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A method comprising:
- automatically determining an approximate direction to a first movable target;
- using the approximate direction to the first movable target to aim an audio receiver having a preferred directional sensitivity to track the first movable target;
- determining an approximate direction to a second movable target;
- using the approximate direction to the second movable target to aim an audio emitter having a preferred directional output to track the second movable target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.