US 2022/0187883 A1Published application

Information handling system visual presentation with audio vector based information

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsTravis C. North, Jace W. Files, Yongook Guack, John Trevor Morrison

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Abstract

A portable information handling system executes an application, such as a game, that generates audio information for presentation at multiple speakers through multiple channels. An audio vector engine analyzes the channels to derive a direction and distance associated with the audio information so that a visual cue of the relative location of the origin of the audio information may be presented at a display. In one embodiment, the display is a secondary display having a transparent view into the information handling system. In another embodiment, the direction and distance to a sound origin is presented over a map of a game in which the sound originated, such as a shot fired in a game.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A portable information handling system comprising:

a housing having first and second portions rotationally coupled by a hinge;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a display disposed in the first housing portion and interfaced with the processor, the display operable to present the information as visual images;
a transparent cover sized to fit on the second housing portion over the processing components, the transparent cover integrating a display layer;
plural speakers disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor to present the information as audible sounds based upon plural surround sound channels;
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an audio vector engine interfaced with the processor and operable to detect predetermined sound information associated with the surround sound channels and in response to present visual cues associated with the sound information at the transparent cover display layer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/119,594Filed 11 Dec 2020
Published: 16 Jun 2022
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Classification47 codes

G06F 1/203
Cooling means: for portable computers, e.g. for laptops
A63F 13/2145
For locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
A63F 13/26
Output arrangements for video game devices: having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
A63F 13/537
Involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser…:…