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8180064 |
System and method for providing voice equalization
Systems and methods for providing voice equalization are provided. In exemplary embodiments, acoustic signals are received from both a near-end and a far-end environment. A power spectrum estimate...
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8170230 |
Reducing audio masking
This specification describes technologies relating to reducing audio masking. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include...
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8165314 |
Audio output apparatus and audio output method
An audio output apparatus includes a masking band determining unit configured to determine a first frequency band in which masking due to environmental sounds is likely to occur in audio signal...
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8155927 |
Method and apparatus for improving noise discrimination in multiple sensor pairs
Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced....
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8143620 |
System and method for adaptive classification of audio sources
Systems and methods for adaptively classifying audio sources are provided. In exemplary embodiments, at least one acoustic signal is received. One or more acoustic features based on the at least...
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8139777 |
System for comfort noise injection
A noise injection system adds comfort noise to an audio signal. The system includes a background noise estimator that determines a spectral content of a background noise associated with the audio...
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8130971 |
Manually switching dual-mode hearing protector
A manually switching dual-mode hearing protector including an active hearing protection device that does not only provide for acoustic attenuation of ambient sound in order to protect hearing of a...
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8126159 |
System and method for creating personalized sound zones
Speakers deployed in a space and divided into groups associated with different zones produce a mix of sounds that create internal noise pollution and, combined with external noise, an unpleasant...
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8121319 |
Tracking system using audio signals below threshold
A tracking system may determine the orientation or position of a movable object. The tracking system includes a signal generator that generates a non-audible detection signal in an audible...
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8107639 |
System and method for a sound masking system for networked workstations or offices
A sound masking system and method for providing sound masking in networked workstations or offices. The sound masking system comprises a communication network, a plurality of sound masking devices...
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8094829 |
Method for processing sound data
Masking thresholds are obtained for each frequency component of sound data and ambient noise. It is determined whether each frequency component of the sound data is masked by at least one of the...
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8059828 |
Audio privacy method and system
Provided is a method and system for audio privacy that includes receiving a first sound signal at a microphone proximal to a user's ear, generating a second sound signal based on the first sound...
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8050931 |
Sound masking system and masking sound generation method
In a masking sound generation apparatus, a CPU analyzes a speech utterance speed of a received sound signal. Then, the CPU copies the received sound signal into a plurality of sound signals and...
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8043203 |
Method and device for tinnitus therapy
A method and device for tinnitus therapy. The method includes generating pure sounds, each having a predetermined frequency, within an audible range, and waiting for a user to press an input button...
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8019092 |
Aural device with white noise generator
An aural device to be worn over the ear of a user during sleeping hours which generates white noise.
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7995214 |
Apparatus and method for recording the shape of an ear section
An apparatus for recording a shape of a section of the human ear is provided. The apparatus has a recording device for recording a spatial shape of a first and a second subsection of the section...
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7974714 |
Intelligent electronic appliance system and method
An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box for interacting...
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7936885 |
Audio/video reproducing systems, methods and computer program products that modify audio/video electrical signals in response to specific sounds/images
An audio/video reproducing system is automatically electronically controlled in response to specific sensed sounds, specific sensed images and/or specific sensed patterns of nonvisible...
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RE42093 |
Active audio compressing in telecommunication
An output reducing system for a telephone system, e.g., implemented in a headset, includes an input line and an output line, wherein the input line transmits an incoming signal to an output...
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7877062 |
Mobile phone and ambient noise filtering method used in the mobile phone
An exemplary ambient noise filtering method includes: sampling ambient noise signals to obtain multiple groups of sampled signals; analyzing each group of the sampled signals in each sampling...
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7854697 |
Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method
A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify...
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7813822 |
Intelligent electronic appliance system and method
An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box for interacting...
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7804964 |
Device for protecting the hearing from loud MRT sounds
Device for protecting the hearing from loud MRT sounds Device for protecting the hearing from loud MRT sounds, with a protective sound generating device linked to the MRT electronics for generating...
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7787876 |
Method and system for mobile call testing using contactless ring detection
A method for mobile call testing is provided. The method involves initiating at a test-control module a test call to a mobile unit, and detecting at a ring-detecting module, via a contactless...
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7778829 |
Real time monitoring and control for audio devices
Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the real-time monitoring and control for audio devices. An apparatus may include a peripheral audio device configured to operate in an operational mode...
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7736297 |
Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method
A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify...
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7697699 |
Method of and apparatus for reducing noise
An apparatus for reducing noise includes a comparator for generating a noise timing signal corresponding to a noise producing period of noise introduced from a noise source and contained in an...
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7664274 |
Enhanced acoustic transmission system and method
A system to generate an enhanced acoustic transmission signal includes a carrier signal generator to generate a carrier signal. A data signal generator is provided to receive data and to generate a...
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7613307 |
Active sound reduction apparatus and active noise insulation wall having same
An active noise insulation wall includes an active sound reduction apparatus disposed on an upper end surface of a noise insulation wall. The active sound reduction apparatus comprises a...
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7599927 |
Method for searching content particularly for extracts common to two computer files
The present invention relates to searching content, particularly for at least one extract common to a first data file and a second data file. The method comprises a preliminary step of preparing at...
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7552050 |
Speech recognition system and method utilizing adaptive cancellation for talk-back voice
A voice recognition system includes an adaptive filter and a subtractor. The adaptive filter generates a simulated talk-back voice y(n) by setting a filter coefficient simulating a transfer system...
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7548854 |
Architectural sound enhancement with pre-filtered masking sound
A unique, fully integrated, fully programmable, and highly flexible sound distribution system and methodology for providing masking sound, background music, and paging capabilities in up to eight...
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7492911 |
Noise reducing device
The present invention provides an active control type noise reducing device that is disposed at a sound barrier and with which can be obtained an excellent noise reduction effect with respect to...
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7471797 |
Networked sound masking system with centralized sound masking generation
A sound masking system for shaping the ambient noise level in a physical environment. The sound masking system comprises a networked and distributed system having a number of master units coupled...
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7460675 |
Auto-adjusting sound masking system and method
A system and method for generating a masking noise level and spectrum automatically adjusted to obtain a target masking noise spectrum in a room. The system comprises a white noise generator and a...
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7457422 |
Method and implementation for detecting and characterizing audible transients in noise
A method and implementation for detecting and characterizing audible transients in noise includes placing a microphone in a desired location, producing a microphone signal wherein the microphone...
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7435228 |
High fidelity hearing restoration
Method for accurately measuring hearing loss includes the steps of selecting a series of audio tones within the normal range of hearing (502) and then measuring a relative sensitivity of a test...
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7352870 |
Active sound muffler and active sound muffling method
An active sound muffler for reducing a sound to be reduced as emitted from a sound source located at one of the opposite sides of a sound insulating wall and diffracted and transmitted to the other...
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7302066 |
Method for eliminating an unwanted signal from a mixture via time-frequency masking
A method is presented for eliminating an unwanted signal (e.g., background music, interference, etc.) from a mixture of a desired signal and the unwanted signal via time-frequency masking. Given a...
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7260163 |
Noise blanker using an adaptive all-pole predictor and method therefor
A noise blanker (40, 106) monitors and removes noise from a sampled signal by adaptive filtering (98, 150) the sampled signal to generate trained adaptive filter prediction coefficients. The...
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7231037 |
Active audio compressing in telecommunication
An output reducing system for a telephone system, e.g., implemented in a headset, includes an input line and an output line, wherein the input line transmits an incoming signal to an output...
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7194094 |
Sound masking system
A sound masking system according to the invention is disclosed in which one or more sound masking loudspeaker assemblies are coupled to one or more electronic sound masking signal generators. The...
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7181022 |
Audio watermarking to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same
Methods of processing audio to convey auxiliary information therein without audible evidence of data alteration. Various arrangements are disclosed. One receives plural bit auxiliary data in which...
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7181021 |
Apparatus for acoustically improving an environment
The invention provides an apparatus and related method for acoustically improving an environment. In an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic sound screening system includes a portion...
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7106868 |
Active noise control for vehicle door noise
An active noise control system (100) and method modifies a noise made when a vehicle closure, such as a door, hood, or trunk, closes by detecting the closure's velocity and selecting a delay time...
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7088828 |
Methods and apparatus for providing privacy for a user of an audio electronic device
The invention is directed to techniques for suppressing the voice of a user of an audio electronic device, such as a mobile phone, from being heard by an unintended listener. In one arrangement,...
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7039478 |
Method and system for authoring a soundscape for a media application
A method and system are provided for allowing a sound designer to design and implement interactive soundscapes based on existing waveform audio files, MIDI files, or audio streams. This is...
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6950526 |
Sound masking and paging system
The new speaker system includes masking capabilities, as well as optional paging capabilities and has a speaker mounted so as to be upwardly directed on a support plate or rack within a ceiling...
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6823176 |
Audio artifact noise masking
A system and method of masking an objectionable artifact in a mobile telephone. The process starts by referring to the design characteristics of the mobile phone to determine the expected level and...
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6816599 |
Ear level device for synthesizing music
The present invention relates to an ear level electronic device comprising a housing that is adapted to be worn behind the ear, in the ear, or in the ear canal, and to enclose a music synthesizer...
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