US 2019/0246235 A1 · LOCATION-BASED PERSONAL AUDIO

Location-based personal audio

AssigneeBose Corporation

InventorsIIissa Brooke Bruser, Maura Elston Cass, Eric Eugene Dolecki, Andrew D. Dominijanni, Shaun Fisher, Andrew Porter Hlynsky, Maya Antara Mukhopadhaya, Carrie Ann Olson, Naganagouda Patil, Jason Robinson, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Lindsey Turner, Erich Andrew Wiernasz

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Abstract

Various implementations include wearable audio devices and related methods for controlling such devices. In some particular implementations, a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output includes: receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message; providing a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message to a user of the wearable audio device; and initiating playback of the localized audio message at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output, the method comprising:

receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message;
providing a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message to a user of the wearable audio device;
and
initiating playback of the localized audio message at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.

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A wearable audio device comprising:

an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output;
a position tracking system configured to detect a position of the wearable audio device;
and
a control system coupled with the acoustic transducer and the position tracking system, the control system configured to:
receive position data from the position tracking system indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message;
provide a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message to a user of the wearable audio device;
and
initiate playback of the localized audio message at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.

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Application

16/267,643Filed 5 Feb 2019

Priority

6 Feb 2018

Published

8 Aug 2019

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Classification22 codes

H04S 7/304
Tracking of listener position or orientation: for headphones
G06F 3/012
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: head tracking input arrangements
G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path