US 11,928,387 B2
Managing target sound playback
Cecilia Casarini, Reggio Emilia (IT); Ian M. Fisch, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Jakub Mazur, Santa Clara, CA (US); Mitchell R. Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US); Pablo David Brazell Ruiz, Cupertino, CA (US); Stephen W. Ryner, Jr., Gurnee, IL (US); and Tyrone T. Chen, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/339,725.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,680, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374194 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling target sound playback, the method comprising:
configuring a display screen of a control device to display a target sound user setting for controlling target sound playback, wherein the target sound user setting controls a stored target sound level parameter that is stored within memory of the control device;
generating a target sound sequence in accordance with the target sound user setting;
driving a speaker with the target sound sequence; and
if target sound playback is not enabled, then automatically presenting a prompt via the control device or via a headphone when media playback starts, to set a target sound level.