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Facilitating interaction between users and their environments using a headset having input mechanisms

An input mechanism and space interaction technology, applied in the input/output of user/computer interaction, educational tools, user interface execution, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2017-08-29
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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However there is considerable room for improvement in these conventional mechanisms

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[0059] The organization of this disclosure is as follows. Section A provides an overview of systems for assisting users in interacting with real and / or virtual spaces. Section B describes different types of headsets and handheld user computing devices that may be used in the system of Section A. Section C describes an illustrative user interface experience that may be provided by the system of Section A. Section D describes functions for generating and using 3D sound as well as other (non-3D) types of sound. Section E describes beacon-based guidance functionality for assisting a user in navigating within an environment populated with beacons, which in one illustrative implementation have non-overlapping ranges. And Section F describes illustrative computational functions that may be used to implement any aspect of the features described in previous sections.

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A headset is described herein for presenting audio information to the user as the user interacts with a space, e.g., as when a user navigates over a route within a space. The headset may include a set of input mechanisms for receiving commands from the user. The commands, in turn, invoke respective space-interaction-related functions to be performed by a space interaction (SI) module. The headset may operate with or without a separate user computing device.

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Background technique [0001] A user can rely on various conventional mechanisms in generating and executing a travel plan and / or in exploring his or her environment in a more spontaneous and unfettered manner. For example, a user may use a routing application to generate a route for use when traveling between two locations. This same application can then guide the user as they navigate the route through a series of prompts. A prompt may correspond to a spoken and / or displayed message, such as a message verbally instructing the user to make a turn within a specified distance. There is however considerable room for improvement in these conventional mechanisms. Contents of the invention [0002] Various tools for assisting users in interacting with physical and / or virtual spaces are described herein. Such assistance may, for example, facilitate user navigation within physical and / or virtual spaces. As used herein, navigation refers to the purposeful movement of a user throug...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/16G01C21/20G01C21/36G06F1/16G06F3/01G06F3/0346G06F3/0481G06F3/0482G06F3/0488H04S7/00H04W4/02H04W4/021
CPCG01C21/206G01C21/3664G06F1/163G06F3/012G06F3/016G06F3/0346G06F3/04815G06F3/0482G06F3/04883G06F3/04886G06F3/167H04S7/304G06F2203/014H04S2420/01H04S2400/11H04R1/1041H04R5/033G01C21/3635G01C21/3629G06Q30/0205G09B21/006H04W4/021G08G1/005G08G1/0962H04R27/00G06F9/452G06F3/011H04W4/02G01S5/0295G06F16/24575G06F16/9537G06F3/0488G08G1/00G08G1/0968G06F9/451
Inventor A·S·厄米洛夫B·N·科蒂尔C·N·多罗夫泰H·N·查班J·S·丘格M·R·法默M·J·B·帕克O·J·F·萨兰德R·J·威尔科克斯
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC