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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Inventors:

Bradley Shayne Ferringo, Marco Island, FL (US);

John Patrick Grenn, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G01S 1/72 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G01S 1/725 (2013.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Audible signals are created and emitted that provide a human user with improved sound localization cues to quickly and efficiently find the emitting device. The different audible signals have been observed to efficiently help a human locate emitting devices that are either in close proximity to the user or that are a large distance from the user. Additionally some examples emit audible signals that have been observed to efficiently help a human locate emitting devices that are located inside a sealed enclosure, such as a box. Some audible signals include audible noise processed by band-pass filters with spectral peaks at about 500 Hz, 4 kHz, and 8 Khz. Such audible signals are alternately emitted in time with audible signals having simultaneously occurring fundamental tone frequencies that each have harmonic components.


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