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Feedforward-based ANR talk-through

US8155334B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2009
Grant dateApr 10, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2460/01
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An ANR circuit, possibly of a personal ANR device, reduces the degree of feedforward-based ANR that it provides in response to receiving an indication of the operation of a manually-operable control. The reduction of degree of feedforward-based ANR may be effected by turning off or otherwise deactivating the provision of feedforward-based ANR, reducing a range of frequencies of environmental noise sounds attenuated by the feedforward-based ANR to provide less attenuation of sounds detected by a feedforward microphone that are in a range of frequencies deemed to be those of human speech, and/or creating a notch in the range of frequencies of environmental noise sounds attenuated by the feedforward-based ANR to provide less attenuation of sounds detected by the feedforward microphone that are in a range of frequencies deemed to be those of human speech.

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