US 12,079,542 B2
Augmenting control sound with spatial audio cues
Darius A. Satongar, Santa Clara, CA (US); Per Haakan Linus Persson, Cupertino, CA (US); Hugo D. Verweij, San Francisco, CA (US); Stuart J. Wood, San Francisco, CA (US); and Andrew E. Greenwood, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,087.
Application 18/109,087 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,878, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,625,222.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,636, filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195412 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/162 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing audio feedback, comprising:
receiving a control input of a control; and
in response to the control input, driving ear-worn speakers with a first driver signal and a second driver signal,
wherein the first driver signal and the second driver signal include a control sound having a virtual location of the control that has a same perceived distance from at least one ear-worn speaker as a physical location of the control from the at least one ear-worn speaker.
 
11. A system, comprising
a first speaker and a second speaker, the first speaker and the second speaker being ear-worn speakers;
a control; and
a processor, configured to perform the following:
receive a control input of the control, and
in response to the control input, drive the ear-worn speakers with a first driver signal and second driver signal, wherein the first driver signal and the second driver signal include a control sound having a virtual location of the control that has a same perceived distance from at least one ear-worn speaker as a physical location of the control from the at least one ear-worn speaker.
 
16. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
receive a control input of a control; and
in response to the control input, drive ear-worn speakers with a first driver signal and second driver signal,
wherein the first driver signal and the second driver signal include a control sound having a virtual location of the control that has a same perceived distance from at least one ear-worn speaker as a physical location of the control from the at least one ear-worn speaker.