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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian W. Temple, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Devin W. Chalmers, Oakland, CA (US);

Thomas G. Salter, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10H 2210/076 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine that a user is interested in audio content by determining that a movement (e.g., a user's head bob) has a time-based relationship with detected audio content (e.g., the beat of music playing in the background). Some implementations involve obtaining first sensor data and second sensor data corresponding to a physical environment, the first sensor data corresponding to audio in the physical environment and the second sensor data corresponding to a body movement in the physical environment. A time-based relationship between one or more elements of the audio and one or more aspects of the body movement is identified based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data. An interest in content of the audio is identified based on identifying the time-based relationship. Various actions may be performed proactively based on identifying the interest in the content.


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