Projected audio for computer displays
First Claim
1. A method for presenting audio effects in association with an image which may be displayed on a display screen of a computer system, said method comprising:
- presenting a plurality of user selections on said display screen, said user selections being related to said image;
effecting a selection made by said user to associate a selected sound with a corresponding selected image;
determining an indicator location of a screen position indicator on said display screen;
detecting a presence of a displayed image at said indicator location; and
projecting a sound from said computer system, said sound being related to said displayed image, said sound being projected to a point away from said computer system such that said sound is perceivable as emanating from an emanation point displaced in space from said computer system.
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Abstract
A method and implementing computer system is provided in which sounds are projected or rendered in space surrounding a computer system to provide information concerning various aspects of information displayed on the computer system display screen. Computer system users are able to ascertain predetermined information relative to the displayed information, such as a relative scroll point in a lengthy context, by perceiving certain characteristics of the projected sounds, including the perceived location of the source of the projected sounds relative to a designated point of origin, such a user'"'"'s head or the computer display screen.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for presenting audio effects in association with an image which may be displayed on a display screen of a computer system, said method comprising:
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presenting a plurality of user selections on said display screen, said user selections being related to said image;
effecting a selection made by said user to associate a selected sound with a corresponding selected image;
determining an indicator location of a screen position indicator on said display screen;
detecting a presence of a displayed image at said indicator location; and
projecting a sound from said computer system, said sound being related to said displayed image, said sound being projected to a point away from said computer system such that said sound is perceivable as emanating from an emanation point displaced in space from said computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A storage medium including machine readable coded indicia, said storage medium being selectively coupled to a reading device, said reading device being selectively coupled to processing circuitry within a computer system, said reading device being selectively operable to read said machine readable coded indicia and provide program signals representative thereof, said program signals being effective for presenting audio effects in association with e an image which may be displayed on a display screen of said computer system, said program signals being selectively operable to accomplish the steps of:
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presenting a plurality of user selections on said display screen, said user selections being related to said image;
effecting a selection made by said user to associate a selected sound with a corresponding selected image;
determining an indicator location of a screen position indicator on said display screen;
detecting a presence of a displayed image at said indicator location; and
projecting a sound from said computer system, said sound being related to said displayed image, said sound being projected to a point away from said computer system such that said sound is perceivable as emanating from an emanation point displaced in space from said computer system.
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21. A computer system comprising:
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a system bus;
a sound producing subsystem, said sound producing subsystem being coupled to said system bus;
a processor device connected to said system bus;
a memory connected to said system bus; and
a display device including a display screen, said display device being coupled to said system bus, said processor device being responsive to program signals received from said memory for causing said sound producing subsystem to present audio effects in association with a an image which may be displayed on said display screen of said computer system, said program signals being selectively operable to accomplish the steps of;
presenting a plurality of user selections on said display screen, said user selections being related to said image;
effecting a selection made by said user to associate a selected sound with a corresponding selected image;
determining an indicator location of a screen position indicator on said display screen;
detecting a presence of a displayed image at said indicator location; and
projecting a sound from said computer system, said sound being related to said displayed image, said sound being projected to a point away from said computer system such that said sound is perceivable as emanating from an emanation point displaced in space from said computer system.
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22. A method for presenting audio effects in association with a display screen of a computer system, said method comprising:
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enabling a user to make selections from a displayed listing of sound types and image types, said selections being effective to associate selected sound types with corresponding selected image types;
determining a display screen location and image type for a displayed image; and
projecting a sound from said computer system, said sound corresponding to said displayed image type, said sound being projected such that said sound is perceivable as emanating from an emanation point displaced in space from said computer system.
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