FACILITATING INTERACTION BETWEEN USERS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS USING SOUNDS

• Main Authors: Cotier, Bradley Neville, Ermilov, Andrei Stefan, Farmer, Matthew Robin, Parker, Michael James Belfield, Doroftei, Catalin Nicolae, Chudge, Jarnail Singh, Wilcox, Robert John, Salandin, Oscar James Francis, Chaaban, Hani Nabil
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.12.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A computing device comprising: a processing device; and a storage resource storing instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to: determine an actual direction of travel of a user; determine a desired 5 heading of the user toward a specified waypoint; determine an angular deviation between the desired heading and the actual direction of travel; and generate a three dimensional sound that, when presented to the user, directs the user to correct the actual direction of travel by moving in a particular direction to reach the specified waypoint, the three-dimensional sound having a property that is dependent on the 10 angular deviation between the desired heading and the actual direction of travel.