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US 12,581,233 B2Granted
Method and device for voice operated control
AssigneeST Case 1 Tech, LLC
InventorsJohn Usher, Steven Goldstein, Marc Boillot
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Abstract
Methods and devices for processing and voice operated control are provided and mixing ambient and internal signals. The method can include performing a non-difference comparison between a first received sound and a second received sound, determining if speech exists based on the comparison, and transmitting or providing a decision that the speech is present to at least one among the device, a cell phone, a media player, or a portable computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
An earpiece, comprising:
- a sealing element, wherein the sealing element is configured to provide a passive level of sound reduction between a first side of the earpiece and a second side of the earpiece when the earpiece is worn by a user;
- an ambient microphone (ASM) configured to measure sound on the first side of the earpiece to generate an ambient signal;
- a speaker configured to deliver acoustic energy into the ear canal of the user;
- an ear canal microphone (ECM) configured to measure sound on the second side of the earpiece to generate an internal signal;
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the ambient microphone, the ear canal microphone, the memory, and the speaker, wherein the processor executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving the ambient signal from the ambient microphone;
- receiving the internal signal from the ear canal microphone;
- sending an audio signal to the speaker;
- analyzing both the ambient signal and the internal signal to detect a voice;
- generating a modified audio content when a voice is detected by modifying an audio content signal;
- generating the audio signal by mixing the ambient signal with the modified audio content;
- and
- sending the audio signal to the speaker, if a voice is detected after analyzing both the ambient signal and the internal signal.
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