US 12,266,335 B2
Synchronized mode transition
Kamlesh Lakshminarayanan, San Diego, CA (US); Mark Andrew Roberts, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Jacob Jon Bean, Vista, CA (US); Walter Andres Zuluaga, San Diego, CA (US); and Rogerio Guedes Alves, Macomb Township, MI (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,337.
Application 18/512,337 is a continuation of application No. 18/183,886, filed on Mar. 14, 2023, granted, now 11,875,767.
Application 18/183,886 is a continuation of application No. 17/348,646, filed on Jun. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,615,775, issued on Mar. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,709, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0087554 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G10K 11/175 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G10K 11/175 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. A first device configured to be worn at an ear, the first device comprising a processor configured to:
in a first contextual mode, receive a first mode change request from a second device to transition at a first time to a second contextual mode, wherein the first mode change request is based on detection of a trigger condition, wherein the trigger condition is detected based on detection that an object entered a field of vision of a camera; and
at the first time, transition from the first contextual mode to the second contextual mode based on the first mode change request.