Patent classifications
G10K11/1787
Smart head-mounted device
Disclosed is a smart head-mounted device. The smart head-mounted device comprises a lens and an arm connected to the lens, the same arm being provided with a sound production unit including a first sound production apparatus and a second production apparatus. The first sound production apparatus and a second production apparatus radiate sound waves outward through their respective sound outlets, have opposite phases during operation, and are apart from the same ear hole of a wearer by different distances.
Multi-speaker method and apparatus for leakage cancellation
Embodiments of systems and methods are described for reducing undesired leakage energy produced by a non-front-facing speaker in a multi-speaker system. For example, the multi-speaker system can include an array of forward-facing speakers, one or more upward-facing speakers, and/or one or more side-facing speakers. Filters coupled to any two of the speakers in the multi-speaker system can generate audio signals output by the coupled speakers to reduce, attenuate, or cancel a portion of an audio signal output by one or more non-front-facing speakers that acoustically propagates along a direct path from the respective non-front-facing speaker to a listening position in a listening area in front of the multi-speaker system.
SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A DIGITAL AUDIOGRAM
A system for providing audio output. The system includes a device, e.g. a mobile phone connectable to one or more earphones. The device includes a computing platform having a processor; an audio unit configured to generate one or more output signals of arbitrary amplitude to the earphone(s); and at least one microphone configured to record the ambient power level during signal output. The user indicates his/her hearing of the output signals whereby a proportionality constant is recorded for each frequency of the output signals. The processor is configured to: analyze the proportionality constant for each frequency of one or more feedback signals from the earphone(s) to yield calibration data; adjust the amplitude or frequency based on the calibration data; generate one or more audiograms resulting from a hearing test; and adjust the device power level according to the received one or more audiograms.
Systems and methods for distributed adaptive noise cancellation
An integrated circuit may include an output for providing a signal to a transducer including both source audio for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer, a microphone input for receiving a microphone signal indicative of ambient sounds at the transducer, a link control input for receiving link control information of a communications link coupling the integrated circuit to the transducer and/or a microphone for generating the microphone signal, wherein the link control information includes a link quality metric of the communications link, and a processing circuit comprising a filter having a response that generates the anti-noise signal in conformity with the microphone signal to minimize the ambient sounds at the acoustic output of the transducer, wherein the processing circuit modifies generation of the anti-noise signal responsive to the link quality metric.
SCALED NOISE AND VIBRATION SENSING
Noise and vibration sensing includes generating with an acceleration sensor a sense signal representative of the acceleration that acts on the acceleration sensor, and processing the sense signal to provide a processed sense signal having an adjustable signal bandwidth and an adjustable signal dynamic. The signal bandwidth extends between a lowest frequency and a highest frequency of the sense signal, and the signal dynamic is the ratio between a maximum amplitude of the sense signal and an output noise floor generated by the acceleration sensor. Noise and vibration sensing further includes adjusting the signal bandwidth and the signal dynamic in accordance with a control signal so that the signal bandwidth increases when the signal dynamic decreases and vice versa.
Acoustically summed reference microphone for active noise control
A headphone including a circumaural or supra-aural ear cup having an ear cup housing wall which forms an interior chamber within the ear cup. A transducer is positioned within the interior chamber for producing an acoustic output to a user and an active noise control assembly positioned within the interior chamber. The active noise control assembly including a reference microphone, the reference microphone is acoustically coupled to a plurality of reference input ports spaced around the ear cup housing wall such that a sound input from each of the different spacial locations around the ear cup housing wall is received by the reference microphone and acoustically summed to provide a reference audio signal indicative of the sound input at the different spacial locations. The headphone further including a processing circuit operable to generate an anti-noise signal from the reference audio signal.
Method and personalized audio space generation system for generating personalized audio space in a vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for generating personalized audio space in vehicle. Information related to user in each region of the vehicle is collected and analyzed to determine direction of first directional speakers associated with corresponding region. An audio space boundary for each region is identified based on the direction of first directional speakers in the corresponding region. Further, the proposed method renders first sound wave of a user selected audio using first directional speakers in the region and transmits a second sound wave corresponding to first sound wave in the region using second directional speakers associated with the corresponding region. The second sound wave restricts rendering of the first sound wave beyond the audio space boundary of the one of the one or more regions to generate the personalized audio space in the vehicle.
MULTI-SPEAKER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEAKAGE CANCELLATION
Embodiments of systems and methods are described for reducing undesired leakage energy produced by a non-front-facing speaker in a multi-speaker system. For example, the multi-speaker system can include an array of forward-facing speakers, one or more upward-facing speakers, and/or one or more side-facing speakers. Filters coupled to any two of the speakers in the multi-speaker system can generate audio signals output by the coupled speakers to reduce, attenuate, or cancel a portion of an audio signal output by one or more non-front-facing speakers that acoustically propagates along a direct path from the respective non-front-facing speaker to a listening position in a listening area in front of the multi-speaker system.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR END-USER TUNING OF AN ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING AUDIO DEVICE
An active noise cancellation system includes a sensor operable to sense environmental noise and generate a corresponding reference signal, a fixed noise cancellation filter including a predetermined model of the active noise cancellation system operable to generate an anti-noise signal, and a tunable noise cancellation filter operable to modify the anti-noise signal in accordance with stored coefficients, wherein the tunable noise cancellation filter is further operable to modify the stored coefficients in real-time based on user feedback and generate a tuned anti-noise signal that models tunable deviations from the predetermined noise model. A graphical user interface is operable to receive user adjustments of tunable parameters in real-time, the tunable parameters corresponding to at least one of the stored coefficients.
Electronic device, control method, and control program
According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a piezoelectric element; a first sound generating unit that is vibrated by the piezoelectric element and generates a vibration sound transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body; and a second sound generating unit that generates an air conduction sound.