Method and apparatus for providing information about the source of a sound via an audio device
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsDzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Igor Berezhnoy
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing information about the source of a sound via an audio device is described. An ambient sound is detected (200) and specific sounds are identified in the detected ambient sound (202). Information about the source of the identified specific sounds is determined (204). An operational control characteristic of a generated audio stream rendered by an audio device is changed (206) and information about the source is provided to the audio device upon detection of said identified specific sounds (208).
Claims12
A method for providing information about the source of a sound via an audio device, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting (200) ambient sound;
- identifying (202) specific sounds in said detected ambient sound;
- determining (204) information about the source of said identified specific sounds;
- changing (206) an operational control characteristic of a generated audio stream rendered by an audio device upon detection of said identified specific sounds;
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- providing (208) information about said source of said identified specific sounds to said audio device.
A computer program product comprising a plurality of program code portions for carrying out the method according to any one of the preceding claims.
Apparatus (100) for providing information about the source of a sound via an audio device, the apparatus comprising:
- a detector (104) for detecting ambient sound;
- a signal processor (106) for identifying specific sounds in said detected ambient sound and for determining information about the source of said identified specific sounds;
- a controller (108) for changing an operational control characteristic of a generated audio stream rendered by an audio device upon detection of said identified specific sounds;
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- an output (110) for providing information about said source of said identified specific sounds to said audio device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.