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US 12,360,733 · App. 18/443,162 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for selecting audio output modes of wearable audio output devices

Inventor: Taylor G. Carrigan (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,360,733
App. No.
18/443,162
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device, while displaying a first interface, receives a request to display an audio settings interface. In response, the electronic device displays the audio settings interface, including a first interface element that enables a first audio mode of an audio output device. Displaying the audio settings interface includes: if the first audio mode is enabled and the electronic device is causing audio that is configured for output using the first audio mode to be output using the first audio mode, displaying the first interface element with a first indication that the first audio mode is being used; and if the first audio mode is enabled and the electronic device is not causing audio to be output using the first audio mode, displaying the first interface element without displaying the first indication that the first audio mode is being used.

Claims (147)

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device that is in communication with one or more display devices and one or more input devices:

while displaying, via the one or more display devices, a first user interface of the electronic device, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to display an audio settings user interface; and

in response to receiving the sequence of one or more inputs, displaying, via the one or more display devices, the audio settings user interface, wherein the audio settings user interface includes a first user interface element that is activatable to change whether a first audio output mode of one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device is enabled, and displaying the audio settings user interface includes:

in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is causing respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device, displaying the first user interface element concurrently with a first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used; and

in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is not causing respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device, displaying the first user interface element without displaying the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used is an appearance of the first user interface element.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

while displaying the first user interface element concurrently with the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used, the appearance of the first user interface element includes a respective animation; and

while displaying the first user interface element without displaying the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used, the appearance of the first user interface element does not include the respective animation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the audio settings user interface includes, in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is not enabled, displaying the first user interface element and displaying a visual indication that the first audio output mode is not enabled.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the visual indication that the first audio output mode is not enabled is an appearance of the first user interface element that is different from one or more appearances of the first user interface element that are displayed while the first audio output mode is enabled.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the appearance of the first user interface element while the first audio output mode is not enabled is different, in color, fill and/or shading, from the one or more appearances of the first user interface element that are displayed while the first audio output mode is enabled.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio settings user interface includes a second user interface element indicating a first ambient sound control mode in which the one or more audio output devices are operating.

8. The method of claim 7 , including:

detecting a user input that corresponds to activation of the second user interface element; and

in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to the activation of the second user interface element:

ceasing to display the first user interface element that is activatable to change whether the first audio output mode is enabled; and

displaying a user interface element corresponding to the first ambient sound control mode, and a user interface element corresponding to a second ambient sound control mode different from the first ambient sound control mode.

9. The method of claim 1 , including:

in accordance with the determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is not causing respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device:

while outputting second respective audio that is not configured for output using the first audio output mode, outputting the second respective audio using a second audio output mode that is different from the first audio output mode.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more audio output devices include a first wearable audio output component configured to be placed in a respective position relative to a first ear of a user and a second wearable audio output component configured to be placed in the respective position relative to a second ear of the user;

causing the respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode is performed in accordance with a determination that the first wearable audio output component is in the respective position relative to a first ear of a user and that the second wearable audio output component is in the respective position relative to a second ear of the user; and

the method includes, while the first audio output mode is enabled, and while causing the respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output via the one or more audio output devices:

in accordance with a determination that the first wearable audio output component or the second wearable audio output component is not in the respective position relative to a respective ear of the user, causing the respective audio to be output via the one or more audio output devices using a third audio output mode that is different from the first audio output mode.

11. The method of claim 1 , including:

detecting an input activating the first user interface element to change whether the first audio output mode is enabled;

in response to detecting the input activating the first user interface element:

displaying an indication whether the first audio output mode is enabled.

12. The method of claim 11 , including automatically ceasing to display the indication whether the first audio output mode is enabled after occurrence of a predetermined condition.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio settings user interface includes a third user interface element for adjusting a volume of audio output via the one or more audio output devices, and the method includes:

detecting a user input that changes the third user interface element from indicating a first value to indicating a second value different from the first value; and

in response to detecting the user input that changes the third user interface element from indicating the first value to indicating the second value:

changing the volume of audio output via the one or more audio output devices.

14. The method of claim 1 , including:

while the first audio output mode is enabled:

while causing the respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output using the first audio output mode:

in accordance with a determination that an electronic device tracking audio output mode is enabled, outputting the respective audio using the first audio output mode includes modifying output of the respective audio based on a current location of the electronic device as the electronic device is moved in a physical environment relative to the one or more audio output devices that are outputting the respective audio; and

in accordance with a determination that the electronic device tracking audio output mode is disabled, outputting the respective audio using the first audio output mode without modifying the output of the respective audio based on the current location of the electronic device relative to the one or more audio output devices that are outputting the respective audio.

15. The method of claim 1 , including:

detecting a user input directed to the first user interface element; and

in response to detecting the user input directed to the first user interface element:

in accordance with a determination that the user input directed to the first user interface element is detected while the first audio output mode is enabled, disabling the first audio output mode; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input directed to the first user interface element is detected while the first audio output mode is disabled, enabling the first audio output mode.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein, displaying the audio settings user interface includes displaying the first user interface element in accordance with a determination that the one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device are capable of outputting audio using the first audio output mode, and the method includes:

while the electronic device is in communication with one or more audio output devices that are not capable of outputting audio using the first audio output mode, and while displaying the audio settings user interface, forgoing displaying the first user interface element.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode includes one or more of: audio associated with television content, audio associated with movie content, audio associated with video calls, sounds associated with an operating system of the electronic device, audio associated with a virtual assistant, and audio associated with notifications on the electronic device.

18. An electronic device that is in communication with one or more display devices and one or more input devices, the electronic device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

while displaying, via the one or more display devices, a first user interface of the electronic device, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to display an audio settings user interface; and

in response to receiving the sequence of one or more inputs, displaying, via the one or more display devices, the audio settings user interface, wherein the audio settings user interface includes a first user interface element that is activatable to change whether a first audio output mode of one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device is enabled, and displaying the audio settings user interface includes:

in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is causing respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device, displaying the first user interface element concurrently with a first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used; and

in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is not causing respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device, displaying the first user interface element without displaying the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used is an appearance of the first user interface element.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein:

while displaying the first user interface element concurrently with the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used, the appearance of the first user interface element includes a respective animation; and

while displaying the first user interface element without displaying the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used, the appearance of the first user interface element does not include the respective animation.

21. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein displaying the audio settings user interface includes, in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is not enabled, displaying the first user interface element and displaying a visual indication that the first audio output mode is not enabled.

22. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein the visual indication that the first audio output mode is not enabled is an appearance of the first user interface element that is different from one or more appearances of the first user interface element that are displayed while the first audio output mode is enabled.

23. The electronic device of claim 22 , wherein the appearance of the first user interface element while the first audio output mode is not enabled is different, in color, fill and/or shading, from the one or more appearances of the first user interface element that are displayed while the first audio output mode is enabled.

24. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the audio settings user interface includes a second user interface element indicating a first ambient sound control mode in which the one or more audio output devices are operating.

25. The electronic device of claim 24 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

detecting a user input that corresponds to activation of the second user interface element; and

in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to the activation of the second user interface element:

ceasing to display the first user interface element that is activatable to change whether the first audio output mode is enabled; and

displaying a user interface element corresponding to the first ambient sound control mode, and a user interface element corresponding to a second ambient sound control mode different from the first ambient sound control mode.

26. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

in accordance with the determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is not causing respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device:

while outputting second respective audio that is not configured for output using the first audio output mode, outputting the second respective audio using a second audio output mode that is different from the first audio output mode.

27. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein:

the one or more audio output devices include a first wearable audio output component configured to be placed in a respective position relative to a first ear of a user and a second wearable audio output component configured to be placed in the respective position relative to a second ear of the user;

causing the respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode is performed in accordance with a determination that the first wearable audio output component is in the respective position relative to a first ear of a user and that the second wearable audio output component is in the respective position relative to a second ear of the user; and

the one or more programs include instructions for, while the first audio output mode is enabled, and while causing the respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output via the one or more audio output devices:

in accordance with a determination that the first wearable audio output component or the second wearable audio output component is not in the respective position relative to a respective ear of the user, causing the respective audio to be output via the one or more audio output devices using a third audio output mode that is different from the first audio output mode.

28. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

detecting an input activating the first user interface element to change whether the first audio output mode is enabled;

in response to detecting the input activating the first user interface element:

displaying an indication whether the first audio output mode is enabled.

29. The electronic device of claim 28 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for automatically ceasing to display the indication whether the first audio output mode is enabled after occurrence of a predetermined condition.

30. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the audio settings user interface includes a third user interface element for adjusting a volume of audio output via the one or more audio output devices, and the one or more programs include instructions for:

detecting a user input that changes the third user interface element from indicating a first value to indicating a second value different from the first value; and

in response to detecting the user input that changes the third user interface element from indicating the first value to indicating the second value:

changing the volume of audio output via the one or more audio output devices.

31. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while the first audio output mode is enabled:

while causing the respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output using the first audio output mode:

in accordance with a determination that an electronic device tracking audio output mode is enabled, outputting the respective audio using the first audio output mode includes modifying output of the respective audio based on a current location of the electronic device as the electronic device is moved in a physical environment relative to the one or more audio output devices that are outputting the respective audio; and

in accordance with a determination that the electronic device tracking audio output mode is disabled, outputting the respective audio using the first audio output mode without modifying the output of the respective audio based on the current location of the electronic device relative to the one or more audio output devices that are outputting the respective audio.

32. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

detecting a user input directed to the first user interface element; and

in response to detecting the user input directed to the first user interface element:

in accordance with a determination that the user input directed to the first user interface element is detected while the first audio output mode is enabled, disabling the first audio output mode; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input directed to the first user interface element is detected while the first audio output mode is disabled, enabling the first audio output mode.

33. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein displaying the audio settings user interface includes displaying the first user interface element in accordance with a determination that the one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device are capable of outputting audio using the first audio output mode, and the one or more programs include instructions for:

while the electronic device is in communication with one or more audio output devices that are not capable of outputting audio using the first audio output mode, and while displaying the audio settings user interface, forgoing displaying the first user interface element.

34. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode includes one or more of: audio associated with television content, audio associated with movie content, audio associated with video calls, sounds associated with an operating system of the electronic device, audio associated with a virtual assistant, and audio associated with notifications on the electronic device.

35. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by an electronic device that is in communication with one or more display devices and one or more input devices, cause the electronic device to:

while displaying, via the one or more display devices, a first user interface of the electronic device, receive, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to display an audio settings user interface; and

in response to receiving the sequence of one or more inputs, display, via the one or more display devices, the audio settings user interface, wherein the audio settings user interface includes a first user interface element that is activatable to change whether a first audio output mode of one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device is enabled, and displaying the audio settings user interface includes:

in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is causing respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device, displaying the first user interface element concurrently with a first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used; and

in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is not causing respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device, displaying the first user interface element without displaying the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used is an appearance of the first user interface element.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 36 , wherein:

while displaying the first user interface element concurrently with the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used, the appearance of the first user interface element includes a respective animation; and

while displaying the first user interface element without displaying the first visual indication that the first audio output mode is being used, the appearance of the first user interface element does not include the respective animation.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein displaying the audio settings user interface includes, in accordance with a determination that the first audio output mode is not enabled, displaying the first user interface element and displaying a visual indication that the first audio output mode is not enabled.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 38 , wherein the visual indication that the first audio output mode is not enabled is an appearance of the first user interface element that is different from one or more appearances of the first user interface element that are displayed while the first audio output mode is enabled.

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 39 , wherein the appearance of the first user interface element while the first audio output mode is not enabled is different, in color, fill and/or shading, from the one or more appearances of the first user interface element that are displayed while the first audio output mode is enabled.

41. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the audio settings user interface includes a second user interface element indicating a first ambient sound control mode in which the one or more audio output devices are operating.

42. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 41 , wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

detect a user input that corresponds to activation of the second user interface element; and

in response to detecting the user input that corresponds to the activation of the second user interface element:

cease to display the first user interface element that is activatable to change whether the first audio output mode is enabled; and

display a user interface element corresponding to the first ambient sound control mode, and a user interface element corresponding to a second ambient sound control mode different from the first ambient sound control mode.

43. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

in accordance with the determination that the first audio output mode is enabled and that the electronic device is not causing respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode via one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device:

while outputting second respective audio that is not configured for output using the first audio output mode, output the second respective audio using a second audio output mode that is different from the first audio output mode.

44. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein:

the one or more audio output devices include a first wearable audio output component configured to be placed in a respective position relative to a first ear of a user and a second wearable audio output component configured to be placed in the respective position relative to a second ear of the user;

causing the respective audio to be output using the first audio output mode is performed in accordance with a determination that the first wearable audio output component is in the respective position relative to a first ear of a user and that the second wearable audio output component is in the respective position relative to a second ear of the user; and

the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to, while the first audio output mode is enabled, and while causing the respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output via the one or more audio output devices:

in accordance with a determination that the first wearable audio output component or the second wearable audio output component is not in the respective position relative to a respective ear of the user, cause the respective audio to be output via the one or more audio output devices using a third audio output mode that is different from the first audio output mode.

45. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

detect an input activating the first user interface element to change whether the first audio output mode is enabled;

in response to detecting the input activating the first user interface element:

display an indication whether the first audio output mode is enabled.

46. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 45 , wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to automatically cease to display the indication whether the first audio output mode is enabled after occurrence of a predetermined condition.

47. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the audio settings user interface includes a third user interface element for adjusting a volume of audio output via the one or more audio output devices, and wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

detect a user input that changes the third user interface element from indicating a first value to indicating a second value different from the first value; and

in response to detecting the user input that changes the third user interface element from indicating the first value to indicating the second value:

change the volume of audio output via the one or more audio output devices.

48. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

while the first audio output mode is enabled:

while causing the respective audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode to be output using the first audio output mode:

in accordance with a determination that an electronic device tracking audio output mode is enabled, output the respective audio using the first audio output mode includes modifying output of the respective audio based on a current location of the electronic device as the electronic device is moved in a physical environment relative to the one or more audio output devices that are outputting the respective audio; and

in accordance with a determination that the electronic device tracking audio output mode is disabled, output the respective audio using the first audio output mode without modifying the output of the respective audio based on the current location of the electronic device relative to the one or more audio output devices that are outputting the respective audio.

49. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

detect a user input directed to the first user interface element; and

in response to detecting the user input directed to the first user interface element:

in accordance with a determination that the user input directed to the first user interface element is detected while the first audio output mode is enabled, disable the first audio output mode; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input directed to the first user interface element is detected while the first audio output mode is disabled, enable the first audio output mode.

50. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein displaying the audio settings user interface includes displaying the first user interface element in accordance with a determination that the one or more audio output devices that are in communication with the electronic device are capable of outputting audio using the first audio output mode, and wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions that when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:

while the electronic device is in communication with one or more audio output devices that are not capable of outputting audio using the first audio output mode, and while displaying the audio settings user interface, forgo displaying the first user interface element.

51. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein audio that is configured for output using the first audio output mode includes one or more of: audio associated with television content, audio associated with movie content, audio associated with video calls, sounds associated with an operating system of the electronic device, audio associated with a virtual assistant, and audio associated with notifications on the electronic device.

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Continuation 17379864 · Jul 19, 2021
Provisional Application 63197481 · Jun 6, 2021
Provisional Application 63054194 · Jul 20, 2020
Related Publication 20240184513A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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