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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Lawrence Wilcock, Malmesbury, GB;
Alistair Coles, Bath, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An audio user interface is provided in which items are represented in an audio field by corresponding synthesized sound sources from where sounds related to the items appear to emanate. An audio cursor, in the form of a synthesised sound source from which a distinctive cursor sound emanates, is movable in the audio field under user control. Upon the cursor being moved close to an item-representing sound source, a related audible indication is generated by modifying the sounds emanating from at least one of that item-representing sound source and the cursor. In one embodiment, this audible indication also indicates the current distance between the cursor and item-representing sound source and also the direction of the latter from the cursor.