Use of periauricular muscle signals to estimate a direction of a user's auditory attention locus
US10924869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S7/304
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sound processing system measures one or more periauricular muscle signals from one or more periauricular muscles of a user. Additionally, the sound processing system computes, based on the periauricular muscle signals, an estimate of an angle corresponding to a direction of a current auditory attention locus of the user with respect to a reference point or plane. The sound processing system controls, based on the estimate of the angle, an operating characteristic of the sound processing system.
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