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Generating a sound localization point (SLP) where binaural sound externally localizes to a person during a telephone call

  • US 10,117,038 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2018
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method executed by a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) to generate a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space where binaural sound externally localizes to a person during a telephone call, the method comprising:

  • determining, with the HPED, a location of the HPED with respect to a head of the person while HPED is within 1.5 meters from the head of the person;

    generating, with the HPED, the SLP in empty space where the binaural sound will externally localize during the telephone call to the person in the empty space at the location where the HPED was located; and

    convolving, with a processor in the HPED and during the telephone call between the person and another person and after the HPED is removed from the location where the SLP was generated, a voice of the another person so the voice of the another person externally localizes as the binaural sound to the person in the empty space at the location where the HPED was located to generate the SLP.

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