Devices, Methods, and User Interfaces for Adaptively Providing Audio Outputs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025232755-A1
Application number	US-202418914698-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 14, 2024
Priority date	May 6, 2019
Publication date	Jul 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device includes one or more pose sensors for detecting a pose of a user of the electronic device relative to a first physical environment and is in communication with one or more audio output devices. While a first pose of the user meets first presentation criteria, the electronic device provides audio content at a first simulated spatial location relative to the user. The electronic device detects a change in the pose of the user from the first pose to a second pose. In response to detecting the change in the pose of the user, and in accordance with a determination that the second pose of the user does not meet the first presentation criteria, the electronic device provides audio content at a second simulated spatial location relative to the user that is different from the first simulated spatial location.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method, comprising:
at a computer system with one or more display generation components and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the one or more display generation components, virtual content;
while displaying the virtual content, detecting, via the one or more input devices, movement of a portion of a person; and
in response to detecting the movement of the portion of the person:
reducing, via the one or more display generation components, a prominence of display of a portion of the virtual content; and
displaying, via the one or more display generation components, a representation of a physical environment of the person that includes one or more objects, wherein the representation of the physical environment of the person, that includes the one or more objects, was not displayed prior to detecting the movement of the portion of the person.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
prior to detecting the movement of the portion of the person, the virtual content is displayed at a first location; and in response to detecting the movement of the portion of the person, reducing the prominence of the display of the portion of the virtual content includes displaying the virtual content at a second location that is different from the first location.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein reducing the prominence of the display of the portion of the virtual content includes increasing a transparency of the virtual content.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein reducing the prominence of the display of the portion of the virtual content includes reducing a scale of the virtual content.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the virtual content includes video content.

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein detecting the movement of the portion of the person includes detecting a change in a pose of the person.

8 . The method of claim 2 , wherein detecting the movement of the portion of the person includes detecting a change in a pose of a portion of a body of the person.

9 . The method of claim 2 , wherein detecting the movement of the portion of the person includes detecting a change in a pose of an electronic device worn by the person.

10 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the computer system includes one or more audio output devices, and the method includes:
while displaying the virtual content, outputting audio via the one or more audio output devices; and in response to detecting the movement of the portion of the person, changing the outputting of the audio.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein changing the outputting of the audio includes increasing a volume level of audio corresponding to ambient sound from the respective physical environment.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein changing the outputting of the audio includes decreasing a volume level of audio content from the computer system.

13 . The method of claim 2 , wherein reducing the prominence of the display of the portion of the virtual content includes decreasing a level of immersion with respect to display of the portion of the virtual content.

14 . A computer system, comprising:
one or more display generation components; one or more input devices; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, via the one or more display generation components, virtual content;
while displaying the virtual content, detecting, via the one or more input devices, movement of a portion of a person; and
in response to detecting the movement of the portion of the person:
reducing, via the one or more display generation components, a prominence of display of a portion of the virtual content; and
displaying, via the one or more display generation components, a representation of a physical environment of the person that includes one or more objects, wherein the representation of the physical environment of the person, that includes the one or more objects, was not displayed prior to detecting the movement of the portion of the person.

15 . A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer system that includes one or more display generation components and one or more input devices, cause the computer system to:
display, via the one or more display generation components, virtual content; while displaying the virtual content, detect, via the one or more input devices, movement of a portion of a person; and in response to detecting the movement of the portion of the person:
reduce, via the one or more display generation components, a prominence of display of a portion of the virtual content; and
display, via the one or more display generation components, a representation of a physical environment of the person that includes one or more objects, wherein the representation of the physical environment of the person, that includes the one or more objects, was not displayed prior to detecting the movement of the portion of the person.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Lerner Mitchell R
• Mari Pedro

Classifications

• G10K11/17885

  additionally using a desired external signal, e.g. pass-through audio such as music or speech · CPC title

• G10K2210/1081

  Earphones, e.g. for telephones, ear protectors or headsets · CPC title

• G10K2210/3056

  Variable gain · CPC title

• G10K11/17873

  using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward · CPC title

• G10K11/17827 Primary

  Desired external signals, e.g. pass-through audio such as music or speech · CPC title