User apparatus and method of operating same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020005608-A1
Application number	US-201916565237-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2019
Priority date	Sep 25, 2017
Publication date	Jan 2, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are a user apparatus and a method of operating the same. The user apparatus includes a warning element management device that obtains location information of a warning element generated based on game data, a sensor that senses a rotation of the user apparatus to generate rotation angle information, a corrector that corrects the location information of the warning element by using the rotation angle information, and a sound source processor that binaurally renders a sound source by using the location information of the warning element or the corrected location information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user apparatus comprising:
a warning element management device configured to obtain location information of a warning element generated based on game data; a sensor configured to sense a rotation of the user apparatus to generate rotation angle information; a corrector configured to correct the location information of the warning element by using the rotation angle information; and a sound source processor configured to binaurally render a sound source by using the location information of the warning element or the corrected location information.

2 . The user apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an output device configured to output the binaurally rendered sound source.

3 . The user apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a vibration generating device configured to generate a vibration to the user apparatus.

4 . The user apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the warning element management device is configured to compare the location information of the warning element and the rotation angle information and control the vibration generating device based on a comparison result after the binaurally rendered sound source is output.

5 . The user apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the warning element management device is configured to control the vibration generating device to generate a vibration when a difference between a location of the warning element corresponding to the location information of the warning element and a rotation angle of the user apparatus corresponding to the rotation angle information is increased.

6 . The user apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the warning element management device is configured to further obtain location information of a user character from the game data, and
determine whether the user character is closer to the warning element by using the location information of the user character and the location information of the warning element, and wherein the sound source processor is configured to increase a volume of the sound source as the user character is closer to the warning element.

7 . A user apparatus comprising:
a warning element management device configured to obtain location information of a warning element generated based on game data; a sensor configured to sense a rotation of the user apparatus to generate rotation angle information; a corrector configured to correct the location information of the warning element by using the rotation angle information; an output device configured to output a sound source through a plurality of channels; and a sound source processor configured to delay the sound source by using the location information of the warning element and the corrected location information to allow the sound source to be output while having different time delays for each of the plurality of channels.

8 . The user apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the output device includes third to sixth output modules.

9 . The user apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the third to the sixth output modules output the sound source at different timings, respectively.

10 . The user apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the sound source processor is configured to delay the sound source such that an output module among the third to sixth module, which is closer to a location of the warning element defined based on the location information of the warning element or the corrected location information or a corresponding point on the user apparatus, outputs the sound source faster.

11 . The user apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the sound source processor is configured to set a volume of the sound source such that the volume of the sound source is higher as the output module is closer to a location of the warning element defined based on the location information of the warning element or the corrected location information or a corresponding point on the user apparatus.

Assignees

• Humax Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yong Joo

Classifications

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