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- Patent Title: Audio navigation to a point of interest
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Application No.: US16435864Application Date: 2019-06-10
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Publication No.: US10667073B1Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Mark Raymond Blewett , Paul Thomas Bender , Lee Zamir , Santiago Carvajal , Todd Reily , Daniel Ross Tengelsen , Wade Torres , Janet Liang Xu , Stoyan I. Iliev , Alexander Gregory Coleman , Benjamin G. K. Peterson
- Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MA Framingham
- Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Framingham
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: H04S7/00
- IPC: H04S7/00 ; H04R5/033 ; H04R3/04 ; G06F3/01 ; H04R5/04

Abstract:
A method is provided for directing a user to a point of interest using sounds played on a wearable audio output device. A user's direction of gaze is determined using data from at least one sensor in the audio output device. First and second locations are determined of the user and the point of interest respectively, and a distance is determined between the first and second locations. A relative angle between the direction of gaze and the direction of the point of interest is determined based on the determined first and second locations. A sample sound is altered using at least one sonification technique to convey information relating to the determined distance and the relative angle. The altered sample sound is rendered and output for playing by the audio output device.
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