Personalized, real-time audio processing
US10304476B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2201/403
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for real-time audio processing employs a gaze detection sensor to detect a direction of a user's gaze and output a gaze signal corresponding to the detected direction of the user's gaze. A digital signal processing unit responds to a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of sounds received at the apparatus, and the determined direction of gaze to identify a signal of interest from the plurality of signals using the gaze signal. The signal of interest is processed for output to the user. In embodiments, a microphone array provides the plurality of signals. An imaging sensor may work with either the microphone array or the gaze detection sensor to identify the signal of interest.
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