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System and method for user controllable auditory environment customization

An environment, user technology, applied in the custom settings of the overall acoustic characteristics, earphones to reduce ambient noise, active noise cancellation hearing devices, etc. problems, to achieve the effect of reducing stress and reducing information overload

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-10-26
HARMAN INT IND INC
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Noise cancellation systems generally cancel or enhance the overall soundstage, but do not differentiate between various types of sounds or sound events
In other words, such elimination or enhancement is not optional and cannot be fine-tuned by the user
While some hearing aids can be tuned for certain environments and situations, these systems often do not provide the desired flexibility and fine-level dynamic control to affect the user's hearing environment

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[0021] Embodiments of the disclosure are described herein. It should be understood, however, that the disclosed embodiments are merely examples and that other embodiments may take various and alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale; some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show particular component details. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the teachings of the present disclosure. As will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, various features illustrated and described with reference to any one figure may be combined with features illustrated in one or more other figures to create implementations not explicitly illustrated or described. Combinations of illustrated features provide representative implementations for typical applica...

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A method for generating an auditory environment for a user may include receiving a signal representing an ambient auditory environment of the user, processing the signal using a microprocessor to identify at least one of a plurality of types of sounds in the ambient auditory environment, receiving user preferences corresponding to each of the plurality of types of sounds, modifying the signal for each type of sound in the ambient auditory environment based on the corresponding user preference, and outputting the modified signal to at least one speaker to generate the auditory environment for the user. A system may include a wearable device having speakers, microphones, and various other sensors to detect a noise context. A microprocessor processes ambient sounds and generates modified audio signals using attenuation, amplification, cancellation, and / or equalization based on user preferences associated with particular types of sounds.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Patent Application Serial No. 14 / 148,689, filed January 6, 2014, which is hereby incorporated by reference. field of invention [0003] The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for a user-controllable auditory environment that selectively removes, adds, enhances, and / or attenuates auditory events for a user using wearable devices such as headphones, speakers, or in-ear devices, for example. Background of the invention [0004] Various products are designed with the goal of eliminating unwanted sound, or "auditory pollution," so that the user can listen to a desired audio source or substantially eliminate noise from surrounding activities. An increasing number of objects, events and conditions continue to generate various types of auditory information. Some of these auditory messages are welcome, but many of these auditory messages can be annoying, redundant, and irrelevant. The human...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCH04R25/50H04R2225/41H04R2460/01H04R1/1083H04R2430/00
Inventor D.迪森索S.马蒂A.朱内贾
Owner HARMAN INT IND INC
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