US 12,340,631 B2
Providing personalized audio
Taylor G. Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Amy E. Dedonato, San Francisco, CA (US); Charles C. Hoyt, Pacifica, CA (US); Christine A. Franco, Menlo Park, CA (US); Mitchell L Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US); Camille Moussette, San Francisco, CA (US); Pavel Pivonka, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher J. Sanders, San Jose, CA (US); and Hugo D. Verweij, Portola Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,495.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,108, filed on Jun. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0394886 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 40/50 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06V 10/98 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/60 (2022.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 40/50 (2022.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06V 10/993 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/67 (2022.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01)] 57 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system configured to communicate with one or more biometric sensors, comprising:
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:
initiating a spatial audio enrollment process for enrolling a spatial audio profile of a user of the computer system;
during the spatial audio enrollment process for enrolling the spatial audio profile of the user, outputting feedback about positioning a portion of a head of the user in a field of view of the one or more biometric sensors, including:
in response to the computer system capturing information about a first view of a first ear of the user, the feedback indicates a first amount of progress of capturing information about the first ear; and
in response to the computer system capturing additional information about a second view of the first ear, different from the first view of the first ear, the feedback indicates a second amount of progress of capturing information about the first ear that is greater than the first amount of progress;
while the portion of the head of the user is in the field of view of the one or more biometric sensors, capturing, via the one or more biometric sensors, data about the portion of the head of the user; and
after capturing the data about the portion of the head of the user, receiving a request from the user to play media outside of the spatial audio enrollment process; and
in response to the request from the user to play media, playing media using a personalized spatial audio profile for the user that was generated using the data about the portion of the head of the user that was captured via the one or more biometric sensors during the spatial audio enrollment process.