Automatic audio adjustment system based upon a user's auditory profile
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsDavid F. Bantz, Thomas E. Chefalas, Alexei A. Karve, Steven J. Mastrianni, Ajay Mohindra
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Abstract
A system for adjusting audio output including a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user and a sound generating system. The transmitter unit includes a memory and a signal transmitter. The sound generating system includes a sound generator, a signal receiver, means for altering a sound signal from the signal generator based upon a signal transmitted by the transmitter to the receiver, and speakers connected to the altering means.
Claims29
A system for adjusting audio output comprising:
- a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user, the transmitter unit comprising a memory and a signal transmitter;
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- a sound generating system comprising a sound generator, a signal receiver, means for altering a sound signal from the signal generator based upon a signal transmitted by the transmitter to the receiver, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the altering means.
A portable signal transmitter unit comprising:
- a battery;
- a signal transmitter connected to the battery for transmitting a wireless signal;
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- a memory connected to the signal transmitter, the memory comprising hearing information regarding a user's auditory characteristics,
- wherein the signal transmitter is adapted to transmit at least a portion of the hearing information stored in the memory.
A sound generating system comprising:
- a processor;
- a first sound generator coupled to the processor;
- a second sound generator coupled to the first sound generator by a programmable sound signal modifier;
- a combiner for combining an output from the second sound generator with a portion of an output from the signal modifier;
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- a wireless signal receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver being adapted to receive a hearing information signal containing a user's auditory characteristics,
- wherein the processor is adapted to configure the modifier based upon the hearing information signal received by the receiver.
A method of altering an electrical sound signal comprising steps of:
- receiving a hearing adjustment signal from a portable transmitter, the hearing adjustment signal comprising information regarding a user's auditory characteristics;
- configuring a variable signal modifier based upon the received hearing adjustment signal;
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- transmitting the electrical sound signal through the variable signal modifier and outputting at least one altered electrical sound signal which has been altered based upon the user's auditory characteristics contained in the hearing adjustment signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.