US 11,863,954 B2
Wireless headphone interactions
David Chance Graham, Columbus, OH (US); Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas S. Hulbert, Cupertino, CA (US); Cyrus Daniel Irani, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Daniel Max Strongwater, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,145.
Application 17/503,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/550,139, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,153,687.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,751, filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038820 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more positional sensors;
an audio output mechanism;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving a request to output first audio content;
in response to receiving the request to output the first audio content:
in accordance with a determination, based on data from the one or more positional sensors, that the electronic device is placed in a first position on a respective portion of a head of a user of the electronic device, outputting the first audio content, via the audio output mechanism, using a first amplification profile that affects one or more audio characteristics; and
in accordance with a determination, based on data from the one or more positional sensors, that the electronic device is placed in a second position that is different from the first position and is not on the respective portion of the head of the user, outputting the first audio content, via the audio output mechanism, using a second amplification profile that affects one or more audio characteristics of the first audio content, wherein the second amplification profile is different from the first amplification profile.