Positioning a virtual sound capturing device in a three dimensional interface

• US 8,887,051 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Sapp, Markus, Heitmann, Kerstin, Quandt, Thorsten, Knauff, Manfred, Junghanns, Marko
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): WENG, PEI YONG
• Application Number:
  US13/692,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 715/727, 715/704, 715/757, 715/848, 715/852
• US Class Current: 715/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/162 Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/005 Non-interactive screen display of musical or status data
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/101 for graphical creation, edition or control of musical data or parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/401 3D sensing, i.e. three-dimensional (x, y, z) position or movement sensing
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

A method, system, and computer-readable product for positioning a virtual sound capturing device in a graphical user interface (GUI) are disclosed. The method includes displaying a virtual sound capturing device in relation to a virtual sound producing device in a three dimensional interface and in a two dimensional graphical map. Additionally, the method includes adjusting the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in both the three dimensional interface and the two dimensional graphical map in response to commands received from an input device.

Claims

1. A system for positioning a virtual sound capturing device, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations comprising;

displaying, on a display device, a virtual sound capturing device in relation to a virtual sound producing device in a two-dimensional graphical map;

receiving input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map; and

in response to receiving the input, adjusting an algorithm based on a model of a sound capturing device corresponding to the virtual sound capturing device and a model of a sound producing device corresponding to the virtual sound producing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying multiple positions in the two-dimensional graphical map, each position representing a position at which the virtual sound capturing device can be positioned, wherein the input includes input to change a position of the virtual sound capturing device from a first position of the multiple positions to a second position of the multiple positions; and

in response to receiving the input, changing the position of the virtual sound capturing device from the first position to the second position.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein adjusting the algorithm comprises adjusting the algorithm to reflect the adjustment to the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device comprises displaying an overhead view of the virtual sound capturing device and an overhead view of the virtual sound producing device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein receiving the input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises detecting, in the display device, a selection of the virtual sound capturing device and a movement of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein receiving the input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises detecting, in the display device, a selection of the virtual sound producing device and a movement of the virtual sound producing device in relation to the virtual sound capturing device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein receiving input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises:

receiving input, in the display device, to move the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map; and

displaying a movement of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map in response to receiving the input to move the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a virtual sound capturing device in relation to a virtual sound producing device in a two-dimensional graphical map;

receiving input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map; and

in response to receiving the input, adjusting an algorithm based on a model of a sound capturing device corresponding to the virtual sound capturing device and a model of a sound producing device corresponding to the virtual sound producing device.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying multiple positions in the two-dimensional graphical map, each position representing a position at which the virtual sound capturing device can be positioned, wherein the input includes input to change a position of the virtual sound capturing device from a first position of the multiple positions to a second position of the multiple positions; and

in response to receiving the input, changing the position of the virtual sound capturing device from the first position to the second position.

10. The medium of claim 8, wherein adjusting the algorithm comprises adjusting the algorithm to reflect the adjustment to the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

11. The medium of claim 8, wherein displaying the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device comprises displaying an overhead view of the virtual sound capturing device and an overhead view of the virtual sound producing device.

12. The medium of claim 8, wherein receiving the input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises detecting, in the display device, a selection of the virtual sound capturing device and a movement of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

13. The medium of claim 8, wherein receiving the input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises detecting, in the display device, a selection of the virtual sound producing device and a movement of the virtual sound producing device in relation to the virtual sound capturing device.

14. The medium of claim 8, wherein receiving input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises:

receiving input, in the display device, to move the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map; and

displaying a movement of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map in response to receiving the input to move the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a virtual sound capturing device in relation to a virtual sound producing device in a two-dimensional graphical map;

receiving input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map; and

in response to receiving the input, adjusting an algorithm based on a model of a sound capturing device corresponding to the virtual sound capturing device and a model of a sound producing device corresponding to the virtual sound producing device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying multiple positions in the two-dimensional graphical map, each position representing a position at which the virtual sound capturing device can be positioned, wherein the input includes input to change a position of the virtual sound capturing device from a first position of the multiple positions to a second position of the multiple positions; and

in response to receiving the input, changing the position of the virtual sound capturing device from the first position to the second position.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the algorithm comprises adjusting the algorithm to reflect the adjustment to the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein displaying the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device comprises displaying an overhead view of the virtual sound capturing device and an overhead view of the virtual sound producing device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises detecting, in the display device, a selection of the virtual sound capturing device and a movement of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the input to adjust the display of the virtual sound capturing device in relation to the virtual sound producing device in the two-dimensional graphical map comprises detecting, in the display device, a selection of the virtual sound producing device and a movement of the virtual sound producing device in relation to the virtual sound capturing device.