Patent ID: 8422693
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G01C,H04R

Abstract:
1. An audio system comprising: a position sensor providing current position location information; a database for storing a plurality of data records wherein each data item is associated with at least location information and audibly playable information; means for querying said database to find one or more data records matching search criteria, the search criteria including at least position information associated with the current position location information; an audio processing unit for retrieving the audibly playable information associated with one or more data records found in said database, said audio processing unit generating a spatialized audio cue for at least selected ones of said one or more data records in said database as a function of at least the current position location information provided by said position sensor and the position information associated with the stored data record, the current position information being updated during the generation of said spatialized audio cue and the audio processing unit changing spatialization of the spatialized audio cue in response to changes of the current position information as said spatialized audio cue is generated; and audio components for audibly reproducing said spatialized audio cue.