Active noise cancellation using remote sensing for open-ear headset

A system comprising:

• a headset comprising:
• a sensor located on a portion of the headset outside an ear of a user, wherein the sensor is configured to measure vibrational data associated with sounds from a local area;
• a transducer located outside the ear;
• and
• an audio controller configured to:
• predict, from the vibrational data, a sound pressure level at a location corresponding to an entrance to an ear canal of the ear using a machine learning model configured to generate a level of anti-noise to be produced by the transducer based on the predicted sound pressure level and a location differential between the ear canal and the transducer,
• generate audio instructions based on the predicted sound pressure level, and
• cause the transducer to render playback that mitigates the sounds from the local area, based on the predicted sound pressure level at the location corresponding to the entrance of the ear canal.

A method comprising:

• capturing, at a sensor located outside an ear of a user, vibrational data associated with sounds from a local area;
• predicting, from the vibrational data, a sound pressure level at a location corresponding to an entrance to an ear canal of the ear using a machine learning model configured to generate a level of anti-noise to be produced by the transducer based on the predicted sound pressure level and a location differential between the ear canal and the transducer;
• generating audio instructions based on the predicted sound pressure level;
• and
• causing a transducer located outside the user's ear to render playback that mitigates the sounds from the local area, based on the predicted sound pressure level at the location corresponding to the entrance to the ear canal.