Abrégé

An audio customization system operates to enhance a user's audio environment. A user may wear headphones and specify what portion the ambient audio and/or source audio will be transmitted to the headphones or the personal speaker system. The audio signal may be enhanced by application of a spatialized transformation using a spatialization engine such as head-related transfer functions so that at least a portion of the audio presented to the personal speaker system will appear to originate from a particular direction. The direction may be modified in response to movement of the personal speaker system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique

Abrégé

An acoustic customization system to enhance a user's audio environment. One type of enhancement would allow a user to wear headphones and specify what ambient audio and source audio will be transmitted to the headphones. Added enhancements may include the display of an image representing the location of one or more audio sources referenced to a user, an audio source, or other location and/or the ability to select one or more of the sources and to record audio in the direction of the selected source(s). The system may take advantage of an ability to identify the location of an acoustic source or a directionally discriminating acoustic sensor, track an acoustic source, isolate acoustic signals based on location, source and/or nature of the acoustic signal, and identify an acoustic source. In addition, ultrasound may be serve as an acoustic source and communication medium. The audio customization system may be responsive to one or more inputs that enhance aspects of an audio output and one or more inputs that diminish aspects of an audio output. The system may lessen the influence of ambient audio or in some situations enhance ambient audio over source audio. The system may specify aspects of audio to be modified by specification of filtering algorithm, characterization of audio samples, monitored distortion, user selection, location specification or environmental specification.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 1/02 - BoîtiersMeublesMontages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 1/10 - ÉcouteursLeurs fixations
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage

Abrégé

An acoustic customization system to enhance a user's audio environment. One type of enhancement would allow a user to wear headphones and specify what ambient audio and source audio will be transmitted to the headphones. Added enhancements may include the display of an image representing the location of one or more audio sources referenced to a user, an audio source, or other location and/or the ability to select one or more of the sources and to record audio in the direction of the selected source(s). The system may take advantage of an ability to identify the location of an acoustic source or a directionally discriminating acoustic sensor, track an acoustic source, isolate acoustic signals based on location, source and/or nature of the acoustic signal, and identify an acoustic source. In addition, ultrasound may be serve as an acoustic source and communication medium. The audio customization system may be responsive to one or more inputs that enhance aspects of an audio output and one or more inputs that diminish aspects of an audio output. The system may lessen the influence of ambient audio or in some situations enhance ambient audio over source audio. The system may specify aspects of audio to be modified by specification of filtering algorithm, characterization of audio samples, monitored distortion, user selection, location specification or environmental specification.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 1/02 - BoîtiersMeublesMontages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 1/10 - ÉcouteursLeurs fixations
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs

Abrégé

An audio customization system operates to enhance a user's audio environment. A user may wear headphones and specify what portion the ambient audio and/or source audio will be transmitted to the headphones or the personal speaker system. The audio signal may be enhanced by application of a spatialized transformation using a spatialization engine such as head-related transfer functions so that at least a portion of the audio presented to the personal speaker system will appear to originate from a particular direction. The direction may be modified in response to movement of the personal speaker system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique

Abrégé

An audio analysis and processing system with a processor configured with an audio array input thread connected to a plurality of audio input channels each corresponding to an audio input sensor. An audio input sensor may be positionally related to a position of other audio input sensors and a source input thread may be configured to be connected to a microphone audio input channel. An audio output thread may be configured to be connected to a speaker output channel and a beamformer thread may be responsive to the audio array input thread. A beam analysis and selection thread may be connected to an output of the beamformer thread and a mixer thread may have a first input connected to an output of the source input thread and a second input connected to an output of the beam analysis and selection thread and may have an output connected to the audio output thread. The audio input channel may be connected to the personal communication device. The microphone audio input channel may be connected to the personal communication device. The processor may include a line output thread configured to connect to an audio output channel. An audio information interface may be provided to connect signals representing audio to the processor.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 25/00 - Appareils pour sourds
• G06F 3/16 - Entrée acoustiqueSortie acoustique
• H04W 4/80 - Services utilisant la communication de courte portée, p. ex. la communication en champ proche, l'identification par radiofréquence ou la communication à faible consommation d’énergie

Abrégé

An acoustic customization system to enhance a user's audio environment. One type of enhancement would allow a user to wear headphones and specify what ambient audio and source audio will be transmitted to the headphones. Added enhancements may include the display of an image representing the location of one or more audio sources referenced to a user, an audio source, or other location and/or the ability to select one or more of the sources and to record audio in the direction of the selected source(s). The system may take advantage of an ability to identify the location of an acoustic source or a directionally discriminating acoustic sensor, track an acoustic source, isolate acoustic signals based on location, source and/or nature of the acoustic signal, and identify an acoustic source. In addition, ultrasound may be serve as an acoustic source and communication medium. The audio customization system may be responsive to one or more inputs that enhance aspects of an audio output and one or more inputs that diminish aspects of an audio output. The system may lessen the influence of ambient audio or in some situations enhance ambient audio over source audio. The system may specify aspects of audio to be modified by specification of filtering algorithm, characterization of audio samples, monitored distortion, user selection, location specification or environmental specification.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 1/02 - BoîtiersMeublesMontages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 1/10 - ÉcouteursLeurs fixations

Abrégé

An audio customization system operates to enhance a user's audio environment. A user may wear headphones and specify what portion the ambient audio and/or source audio will be transmitted to the headphones or the personal speaker system. The audio signal may be enhanced by application of a spatialized transformation using a spatialization engine such as head-related transfer functions so that at least a portion of the audio presented to the personal speaker system will appear to originate from a particular direction. The direction may be modified in response to movement of the personal speaker system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs

Abrégé

An acoustic customization system to enhance a user's audio environment. One type of enhancement would allow a user to wear headphones and specify what ambient audio and source audio will be transmitted to the headphones. Added enhancements may include the display of an image representing the location of one or more audio sources referenced to a user, an audio source, or other location and/or the ability to select one or more of the sources and to record audio in the direction of the selected source(s). The system may take advantage of an ability to identify the location of an acoustic source or a directionally discriminating acoustic sensor, track an acoustic source, isolate acoustic signals based on location, source and/or nature of the acoustic signal, and identify an acoustic source. In addition, ultrasound may serve as an acoustic source and communication medium.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique
• H04R 5/04 - Circuits
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 1/02 - BoîtiersMeublesMontages à l'intérieur de ceux-ci
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 1/10 - ÉcouteursLeurs fixations

Abrégé

A beamforming apparatus may have a domain conversion stage converting a plurality of time domain signals representing audio information to a plurality of frequency domain signals representing said audio information, a bandpass filter stage having a plurality of inputs connected to the frequency domain signals and having a plurality of outputs. A beamformer filter stage may have a plurality of inputs corresponding to the of outputs of the bandpass filter stage and a plurality of outputs. An inverse domain conversion stage, converting a plurality of inputs corresponding to outputs of the beamformer filter stage from frequency domain signals to time domain signals and having a plurality of outputs connected to an output stage.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôleDispositifs de tests

Abrégé

An audio customization system operates to enhance a user's audio environment. A user may wear headphones and specify what portion the ambient audio and/or source audio will be transmitted to the headphones or the personal speaker system. The audio signal may be enhanced by application of a spatialized transformation using a spatialization engine such as head-related transfer functions so that at least a portion of the audio presented to the personal speaker system will appear to originate from a particular direction. The direction may be modified in response to movement of the personal speaker system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/00 - Détails des transducteurs
• H04S 7/00 - Dispositions pour l'indicationDispositions pour la commande, p. ex. pour la commande de l'équilibrage
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique

Abrégé

An audio source location, tracking and isolation system, particularly suited for use with person-mounted microphone arrays. The system increases capabilities by reducing resources required for certain functions so those resources can be utilized for result enhancing processes. A wide area scan may be utilized to identify the general vicinity of an audio source and a narrow scan to locate pinpoint positions may be initiated in the general vicinity identified by the wide area scan. Subsequent locations may be anticipated by compensating for motion of the sensor array and anticipated changes in source location by trajectory. Identification may use two or more sets of characterizations and rules. The characterizations may use computationally less intense analyses to characterize audio and only perform computationally higher intensity analysis if needed. Rule sets may be used to eliminate the need to track audio sources that emit audio to be eliminated from an audio output.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 29/00 - Dispositifs de contrôleDispositifs de tests
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/027 - Dispositions spatiales ou structurelles des microphones, p. ex. dispositifs simulant la tête humaine
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique

Abrégé

An audio source location, tracking and isolation system, particularly suited for use with person-mounted microphone arrays. The system increases capabilities by reducing resources required for certain functions so those resources can be utilized for result enhancing processes. A wide area scan may be utilized to identify the general vicinity of an audio source and a narrow scan to locate pinpoint positions may be initiated in the general vicinity identified by the wide area scan. Subsequent locations may be anticipated by compensating for motion of the sensor array and anticipated changes in source location by trajectory. Identification may use two or more sets of characterizations and rules. The characterizations may use computationally less intense analyzes to characterize audio and only perform computationally higher intensity analysis if needed. Rule sets may be used to eliminate the need to track audio sources that emit audio to be eliminated from an audio output.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/40 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement en combinant plusieurs transducteurs identiques
• H04R 1/10 - ÉcouteursLeurs fixations
• H04R 3/00 - Circuits pour transducteurs
• H04R 5/033 - Casques pour communication stéréophonique

Abrégé

An audio customization system responsive to one or more inputs that enhance aspects of an audio output and one or more inputs that diminish aspects of an audio output. The system is set up to be able to lessen the influence of ambient audio or in some situations enhance ambient audio over source audio. The system may specify aspects of audio to be modified by specification of filtering algorithm, characterization of audio samples, monitored distortion, user selection, location specification or environmental specification.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10K 11/16 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général
• G10K 11/175 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférenceMasquage du son

Abrégé

An audio customization system responsive to one or more audio profiles to define a transformation to apply to audio information. The system allows users to select the profiles that dictate the nature of the customization of the audio delivered to an audio output devise such as a headphones. The system is set up to be able to lessen the influence of undesirable audio and enhance desirable audio. The system may specify aspects of audio to be modified by specification of filtering algorithm, characterization of audio samples, monitored distortion, user selection, location specification or environmental specification and may be used in a social networking system.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 17/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques
• G06F 17/30 - Recherche documentaire; Structures de bases de données à cet effet
• H04R 1/10 - ÉcouteursLeurs fixations
• H04R 25/00 - Appareils pour sourds
• G10K 11/178 - Procédés ou dispositifs de protection contre le bruit ou les autres ondes acoustiques ou pour amortir ceux-ci, en général utilisant des effets d'interférenceMasquage du son par régénération électro-acoustique en opposition de phase des ondes acoustiques originales
• G10L 21/0208 - Filtration du bruit