Method and system for self-managed sound enhancement
US10356535B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2460/07
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for capturing an individual's hearing characteristics, including loudness tolerance levels at different sound frequencies, as an individualized shaped auditory profile for automatically enhancing audio to complement and address an individual's hearing deficits experienced via a particular signal pathway including the audio device, the sound environment, and the individual's hearing capabilities. The auditory profile is used to produce enhanced sound subsequently transmitted to the individual via the same signal pathway. The enhanced sound may be produced with consideration of both ears' auditory profile shapes together to increase the dynamic range of the enhanced sound. The sound enhancement can be introduced gradually over a sound reproduction session or a period of time of use. Manual gain adjustments applied by multiple users to particular sound enhancement are recorded and used in pattern recognition to allow the system to learn and suggest alternatives to the desired sound enhancement for the auditory profile.
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