Method and system of improving detection of environmental sounds in an immersive environment
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorAndrew William LOVITT
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Abstract
An improved method and system for enhancing a user's experience within an immersive environment is disclosed. Solutions and implementations provided improve the user's ability to both hear and identify sounds from outside the user's immersive experience. Implementations include receiving audio and sensor input from the environment, analyzing the received input and adjusting either the display or audio outputs generated for the user based in part on pre-determined policies.
Claims20
A method of improving a user's experience in an immersive environment comprising:
- receiving an audio signal from an ambient environment;
- recording the received audio signal;
- analyzing the received audio signal to identify one or more parameters for the received audio signal;
- accessing a policy database to determine if there are one or more policies in the policy database that are relevant to the audio signal being processed based at least in part on one of the identified one or more parameters;
- determining a classification level for the received audio signal based at least in part on one of the one or more identified parameters of the received audio signal and at least one of the one or more policies;
- determining, at least in part based on the classification level for the received audio signal, if an adjustment is needed in the immersive environment to improve the user's experience;
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- upon determining the adjustment is needed, adjusting a relationship between at least one parameter of a virtual agent in the immersive environment and at least one of the identified one or more parameters.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a microphone for receiving an audio signal;
- a display panel for displaying a virtual agent;
- a speaker for transmitting an output audio signal;
- a processing unit;
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- a memory readable by the processing unit and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the processing unit to:
- analyze a received audio signal to identify one or more parameters for the received audio signal;
- record the received audio signal;
- access a policy database to determine if there are one or more policies in the policy database that are relevant to the audio signal based at least in part on one of the identified one or more parameters;
- determine a classification level for the received audio signal based at least in part on one of the one or more identified parameters of the received audio signal and at least one of the one or more policies;
- determine, at least in part based on the classification level, if an adjustment is needed to improve a user's experience;
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- upon determining that the adjustment is needed, adjust a relationship between at least one parameter of the virtual agent and at least one of the identified one or more parameters.
A method of improving a user's experience in an immersive environment comprising:
- receiving an audio signal from an ambient environment;
- analyzing the received audio signal to identify one or more parameters for the received audio signal;
- receiving a sensor signal from the ambient environment;
- accessing a policy database to identify one or more policies in the policy database related to at least one of the one or more parameters of the received sensor signal;
- determining, at least in part based on the identified one or more policies, if an adjustment is needed in the immersive environment to improve the user's experience;
- and
- upon determining that the adjustment is needed, adjusting a relationship between at least one parameter of a virtual agent in the immersive environment and at least one of the identified one or more parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.