Real-time augmented hearing platform
US11217268B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2460/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An audio system and method for generating improved augmented hearing effects in real-time. The system includes a wearable audio device arranged to obtain audio that includes a voice signal associated with a user and an environmental signal associated with other audio picked up by the wearable audio device that does not includes the user's voice. In some implementations, at least one processor of the wearable audio device is configured to isolate the voice signal from the environmental signal such that augmented hearing effects can be applied to the voice signal and/or the environmental signal, independently. In some implementations, augmented hearing effects are designated by a signal augmentation profile generated or stored in the wearable audio device such that the total time between receipt of the audio signal and the modifications and/or transformations to the respective audio signals does not exceed 100 ms.
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