US 12,238,497 B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for gestural manipulation of a sound field
Pei Xiang, San Diego, CA (US); and Erik Visser, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,661.
Application 18/507,661 is a continuation of application No. 16/586,892, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,818,560.
Application 16/586,892 is a continuation of application No. 13/775,720, filed on Feb. 25, 2013, granted, now 10,448,161, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/619,202, filed on Apr. 2, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098420 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2203/12 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
a memory configured to store a representation of a gesture; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
recognize at least one movement of a user as the representation of the gesture, wherein the representation of the gesture is mapped to a command, wherein the command is context-dependent, wherein the command is produced in response to the representation of the gesture that is appropriate for the current context, wherein one gesture appropriate for the current context is to ignore the representation of the gesture to reduce volume when a system in already in a muted state;
apply the at least one recognized movement of the user to determine an indicated change to a sound field produced by an array of loudspeakers;
synthesize a modified sound field produced by the array of loudspeakers to implement the indicated change.