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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Adam T. Clark, Mantorville, MN (US);
Jeffrey K. Huebert, Rochester, MN (US);
Aspen L. Payton, Byron, MN (US);
John E. Petri, St. Charles, MN (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/54 (2014.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/54 (2014.09); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06K 9/6293 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01);
Abstract
While a virtual reality environment is being presented to a user, at least a first sound in a real world environment in which the user physically is located can be detected. a nature of the first sound can be determined. Based on the nature of the first sound, a second sound that matches a theme of the virtual reality environment can be selected. The first sound can be masked by presenting the second sound to the user in the virtual reality environment.