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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:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Scott Francis Fullam, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Lev Tcherkachine, Redmond, WA (US);

Travis Legg, Seattle, WA (US);

Lori Potts, Sammamish, WA (US);

Annika Elias, Seattle, WA (US);

Craig Haskins, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/0057 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 7/40 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0132 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments related to outputting spatial audio via a portable computing device are presented. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a portable computing device for wirelessly detecting a presence of a remote speaker external to the portable computing device, determining a location of the remote speaker, and establishing a wireless connection with the remote speaker. The embodiment further includes presenting visual content via a display of the portable computing device, the visual content comprising an object positionally associated with a location in a real-world environment around the portable computing device, generating an audio signal corresponding to the object, and sending the audio signal to the remote speaker.


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