Wireless pairing and control using spatial location and indication to aid pairing

• US 10,447,841 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bose Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bose Corporation
• Inventors: Eichfeld, Jahn D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivero, Alejandro
• Application Number:
  US15/613,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20180352070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 2420/01 Enhancing the perception of the sound image or of the spatial distribution using head related transfer functions [HRTF's] or equivalents thereof, e.g. interaural time difference [ITD] or interaural level difference [ILD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/301 Automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication, at least one processor configured to determine a spatial location for a discovered wireless device, a user interface configured to output an indication of the discovered device and its spatial location, a receiver configured to receive a user input, and a communication unit configured to interact with the selected device. The at least one processor is further configured to select the discovered wireless device for interaction based on a relationship between the user input and the outputted indication.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication by a headset, comprising:

determining, by the headset, a set of two or more discovered wireless devices that share a feature or characteristic in their ability to interact with the headset;

determining, by the headset, a spatial location for the set of discovered wireless devices;

determining, by the headset, a subset of the two or more discovered wireless devices having auditory functions relevant to the headset;

outputting, by the headset, an indication of corresponding spatial locations of the subset via at least haptics;

receiving, by the headset, a user input;

based on a relationship between the user input and the outputted indication, selecting, by the headset, one of the devices in the subset; and

interacting, by the headset, with the selected device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the indication of the corresponding spatial locations of the subset further comprises:

outputting a spatialized audio prompt based, at least in part, on the spatial location for the discovered wireless devices in the subset.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the spatialized audio prompt announces a type of the discovered wireless devices in the subset and direction of the discovered wireless devices in the subset relative to the headset.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a direction of the headset correlates with a location of the discovered wireless devices in the subset; and

outputting the spatialized audio prompt and the haptics based, at least in part, on the correlation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a change in an orientation of the headset; and

updating the outputted indication of the corresponding spatial locations of the discovered wireless devices in the subset based on the determined change.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user input comprises:

receiving a selection that includes the selected device via an audio input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user input comprises:

receiving a selection of the device in the subset via a gesture in a same direction as a location of the device in the subset.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the interacting comprises:

pairing with the selected device; and

wirelessly communicating with the selected device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the headset is configured to wirelessly communicate with the selected device via a Bluetooth connection.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the subset is based on at least one of learned behavior and past usage of the headset.

11. A headset for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor configured to;

determine a set of two or more discovered wireless devices that share a feature or characteristic in their ability to interact with the headset;

determine a spatial location for the set of discovered wireless devices; and

determine a subset of the two or more discovered wireless devices having auditory functions relevant to the headset;

at least one speaker configured to output an indication of corresponding spatial locations of the subset via at least haptics;

a receiver configured to receive a user input; and

a communication unit configured to interact with the discovered device,

wherein the processor is further configured to select one of the devices in the subset for interaction based on a relationship between the user input and the outputted indication.

12. The headset of claim 11, wherein the at least one speaker is configured to output the indication of the corresponding spatial locations of the subset by outputting a spatialized audio prompt based, at least in part, on the spatial locations for the discovered wireless devices in the subset.

13. The headset of claim 12, wherein the spatialized audio prompt announces a type of the discovered wireless devices in the subset and direction of the discovered wireless devices in the subset relative to the headset.

14. The headset of claim 12,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine a direction of the headset correlates with a location of the discovered wireless devices in the subset, and

wherein the at least one speaker is configured to output the spatialized audio prompt and the haptics based, at least in part on the correlation.

15. The headset of claim 11,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine a change in an orientation of the headset, and

wherein the at least one speaker is further configured to update the outputted indication of the corresponding spatial locations of the discovered wireless devices in the subset based on the determined change.

16. The headset of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the subset based on at least one of learned behavior and past usage of the headset.