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US 2022/0176239 A1Published application
Headset and Method for Operating a Headset
AssigneeVoyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
InventorCarmine J. Bonanno
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Abstract
A gaming unit and producing a game-audio output of a varying volume level and a chat-voice output is connected to headphones adapted to be worn by a player of the unit and connected to the gaming unit for making the chat-voice output and the game-audio output audible to the player. A circuit or software associated with the headphones can increase the chat-voice volume level generally proportionately to the game-audio volume level.
Claims31
1-8. (canceled)
A headset, the headset comprising:
- a pair of speakers operable to output sound according to one or more of a game signal, a chat signal and a microphone monitor signal;
- a speaker volume controller operable to adjust an output level of the pair of speakers;
- a game/chat balance controller operable to adjust a relative balance between a level of the chat signal and a level of the game signal;
- and
- a microphone operable to generate the microphone monitor signal according to a voice of a user, wherein a level of the microphone monitor signal, output by the pair of speakers, is operably controlled independently from the game/chat balance controller.
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A method for operating a headset, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a receiver, a game signal and a chat signal;
- generating, via a microphone, a microphone monitor signal according to a voice of a user;
- outputting sound, via a pair of speakers, according to one or more of the game signal, the chat signal and the microphone monitor signal;
- adjusting an output level of the pair of speakers via a speaker volume controller;
- adjusting a relative balance between a level of the chat signal and a level of the game signal via a game/chat balance controller;
- and
- adjusting a level of the microphone monitor signal independently from the game/chat balance controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.