US 11,835,984 B2
Output device control
Sukriti Chadha, Ghaziabad (IN); Jean-Baptiste Maurice Queru, Tracy, CA (US); Darren Burton, San Jose, CA (US); Gary Moulton, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Michael Brent Shebanek, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by YAHOO ASSETS LLC, Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,132.
Application 17/899,132 is a division of application No. 16/715,098, filed on Dec. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,429,265.
Application 16/715,098 is a continuation of application No. 15/858,328, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,509,552, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404961 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G09B 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04845 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06F 9/454 (2018.02); G09B 21/006 (2013.01); G09B 21/007 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an output device, comprising:
identifying an object comprising a plurality of data points;
extracting features from the plurality of data points;
identifying a set of data points from the plurality of data points based upon the set of data points having features corresponding to target features;
assigning marker elements to the set of data points;
using a mapping structure, mapping features to output indicators, to assign output indicators to marker elements;
assigning one or more audio signal features to at least one of the output indicators based upon one or more values of one or more data points within the object, wherein the assigning comprises assigning a first audio signal feature to a first output indicator based upon one or more first changes in value corresponding to the one or more data points; and
facilitating user navigation among the marker elements based upon the one or more audio signal features.