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US 12,732,762 B2Granted
Hearing compensation in an audio device
AssigneeAviom, Inc.
InventorsCarl V. Bader, Brian Chapkovich
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Abstract
Compensation for the hearing loss of a user may be provided in an audio device, based on the hearing information of a user input to the audio device, by applying one or more different forms of hearing loss compensation to an audio signal output via the audio device, while also enabling a user to control the degree to which the one or more different forms of hearing loss compensation are applied to the audio signal output via the audio device. A user may be presented with a selection of such hearing compensation controls based on which of a plurality of common hearing profiles the user's hearing information most closely matches.
Claims20
An audio device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the audio device to:
- determine hearing information of a user, wherein the hearing information indicates, for each of the left and right ears of the user, an amount of hearing loss exhibited by the user at each of a plurality of frequencies;
- generate, based on the hearing information, at least a first filter configured to compensate for an overall hearing loss, common to both the left and right ears, as indicated by the hearing information;
- generate, based on the hearing information, at least a second filter configured to compensate for a difference in hearing loss, between the left and right ears, as indicated by the hearing information;
- apply the at least the first filter and the at least the second filter to an original audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal;
- cause output, to the user, of the filtered audio signal;
- receive user input indicative of a change in a strength of each of the at least the first filter and the at least the second filter to be applied to the original audio signal to generate the filtered audio signal;
- and
- adjust the filtered audio signal output to the user.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by an audio device, hearing information of a user, wherein the hearing information indicates, for each of the left and right ears of the user, an amount of hearing loss exhibited by the user at each of a plurality of frequencies;
- generating, by the audio device and based on the hearing information, at least a first filter configured to compensate for an overall hearing loss, common to both the left and right ears, as indicated by the hearing information;
- generating, by the audio device and based on the hearing information, at least a second filter configured to compensate for a difference in hearing loss, between the left and right ears, as indicated by the hearing information;
- applying, by the audio device, the at least the first filter and the at least the second filter to an original audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal;
- causing output, by the audio device and to the user, of the filtered audio signal;
- receiving, by the audio device, user input indicative of a change in a strength of each of the at least the first filter and the at least the second filter to be applied to the original audio signal to generate the filtered audio signal;
- and
- adjusting, based on the user input, the filtered audio signal output to the user.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- determining, by an audio device, hearing information of a user, wherein the hearing information indicates, for each of the left and right ears of the user, an amount of hearing loss exhibited by the user at each of a plurality of frequencies;
- generating, by the audio device and based on the hearing information, at least a first filter configured to compensate for an overall hearing loss, common to both the left and right ears, as indicated by the hearing information;
- generating, by the audio device and based on the hearing information, at least a second filter configured to compensate for a difference in hearing loss, between the left and right ears, as indicated by the hearing information;
- applying, by the audio device, the at least the first filter and the at least the second filter to an original audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal;
- causing output, by the audio device and to the user, of the filtered audio signal;
- receiving, by the audio device, user input indicative of a change in a strength of each of the at least the first filter and the at least the second filter to be applied to the original audio signal to generate the filtered audio signal;
- and
- adjusting, based on the user input, the filtered audio signal output to the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.