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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

May. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Celeste Bean, San Francisco, CA (US);

Tatianna Manzon-Gutzman, San Mateo, CA (US);

Sarah Karp, Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided, including: executing an interactive application, wherein executing the interactive application includes rendering video and audio of a virtual environment, the video being presented on a display viewed by a user, and the audio being presented through headphones worn by the user, and wherein executing the interactive application is responsive to user input generated from interactivity by the user with the presented video and audio; receiving environmental input from at least one sensor that senses a local environment in which the user is disposed; analyzing the environmental input to identify activity occurring in the local environment; responsive to identifying the activity, then adjusting a level of active noise cancellation applied by the headphones.


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