	US 12,118,974 B2
	Devices, methods, and user interfaces for adaptively providing audio outputs
Mitchell R. Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US); and Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,845.
Application 18/099,845 is a continuation of application No. 17/355,047, filed on Jun. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,562,729.
Application 17/355,047 is a continuation of application No. 16/862,376, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,100,909, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,891, filed on May 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215415 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G10K 11/178 (2006.01)

CPC G10K 11/17827 (2018.01) [G10K 11/17873 (2018.01); G10K 11/17885 (2018.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3056 (2013.01)]

30 Claims

1. A wearable audio output device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs, the one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

providing first audio output, including:

first audio corresponding to audio content from an electronic device in communication with the wearable audio output device, the first audio being provided at a first device-content audio level; and

second audio corresponding to ambient sound from a physical environment of the wearable audio output device, the second audio being provided at a first ambient-sound audio level;

while providing the first audio output, detecting speech in the physical environment, the speech meeting one or more criteria; and

in response to detecting the speech, providing second audio output, the second audio output including the second audio being provided at a second ambient-sound audio level that is different than the first ambient-sound audio level.