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Patent No.:

US 12792295 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2024

Method and system for contextual volume control

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mary-Ann Rau, San Francisco, CA (US);

Reza Azimi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin Durfee, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aaron A. Jaech, Cupertino, CA (US);

Wasifa Jamal, Cupertino, CA (US);

Viet Huy Le, Seattle, WA (US);

Timothy S. Paek, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Pablo D. Brazell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Blanca Isabel C. Villanueva, Oakland, CA (US);

Lucas O. Winstrom, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Chirag Nanavati, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sanket S. Dave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Deepak Iyer, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hilary K. Mogul, San Francisco, CA (US);

Edward T. Davies, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vladan Bajic, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jianjun He, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Aikin & Gallant, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Akelaw Teshale

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method that includes playing back audio content through a speaker of the headset at a volume setting; receiving a microphone signal that includes noise of an acoustic environment captured by a microphone of the headset; detecting a change to an environmental noise level of the noise based on the microphone signal; retrieving, from memory of the headset, an adapted volume setting to the changed environmental noise level, wherein the adapted volume setting is generated at least in part based on user context or user behavior; and adjusting playback of the audio content by transitioning the volume setting to the adapted volume setting.

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Rau, Mary-Ann. (2026). Method and system for contextual volume control (U.S. Patent No. 12792295). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12792295

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