Patent ID: 8498426
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A63F,G07F,H03G,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. In combination: a gaming unit and producing a game-audio output of a varying volume level and a chat-voice output; headphones adapted to be worn by a player of the gaming unit and connected to the gaming unit and to the microphone for combining the chat-voice output and the game-audio output and making the combined outputs audible to the player; a microphone for receiving voice audio from the player and for producing a voice-audio output; mixing means for mixing the voice-audio output with the chat-voice output and thereby making the voice-audio output audible via the headphones; and circuit means associated with the headphones for increasing the chat-voice volume level generally proportionately to the game-audio volume level to make the chat-voice output more intelligible as the game-audio output increases and for using head related transfer function processing to virtualize the chat-voice output or the voice-audio output outside the head of the player.