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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alejandro José Kauffmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In one example, the disclosure is directed to providing a multi-dimensional audio interface in which a plurality of different spatial locations is defined, wherein each of the plurality of different spatial locations is based on a common reference point and is uniquely identifiable by a computing device; associating, by the computing device, an information type with a first spatial location of the plurality of different spatial locations, the information type included in a plurality of different information types; responsive to determining that first information is of the information type, outputting, using an audio output device and simulating localization of sound at the first spatial location, a first sound that indicates the first information; receiving an indication of user input that selects the first information; and performing at least one operation corresponding to the first information selected based at least in part on the indication of user input.