TECHNIQUE FOR DIRECTING AUDIO IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A hearing aid for use by an end user, comprising:
- at least one sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a real sound source;
an adaptive microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals;
at least one speaker configured for converting the electrical signals to sounds for perception by the end user; and
a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the adaptive microphone assembly based on the detected focus of the end user.
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Abstract
A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.
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21 Claims
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1. A hearing aid for use by an end user, comprising:
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at least one sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a real sound source; an adaptive microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals; at least one speaker configured for converting the electrical signals to sounds for perception by the end user; and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the adaptive microphone assembly based on the detected focus of the end user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A virtual image generation system for use by an end user, comprising:
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memory storing a three-dimensional scene; at least one sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source; at least one speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user; and a control subsystem configured for causing the at least one speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source relative to sounds originating from other sound sources in response to the detection of the focus of the end user on the sound source, and for rendering a plurality of synthetic image frames of the three-dimensional scene; and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the plurality of image frames to the end user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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