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US 2016/0080874 A1Published application
Gaze-based audio direction
OwnerScott Fullaminventor
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Abstract
A hearing assistance system includes an eye tracker to determine a gaze target of a user, a microphone array, a speaker, and an audio conditioner to output assistive audio via the speaker. The assistive audio is processed from microphone array output to emphasize sounds that originate near the gaze target determined by the eye tracker.
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A head-mounted display device, comprising:
- a see-through display;
- an eye tracker to determine a gaze target of a user;
- a microphone array comprising two inward-facing microphones aimed to capture sounds originating from the user and two outward-facing microphones;
- a speaker;
- and
- an audio conditioner to output assistive audio via the speaker, the assistive audio processed from microphone array output via beamforming to emphasize sounds that originate near the gaze target determined by the eye tracker.
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A hearing assistance system, comprising:
- an eye tracker to determine a gaze target of a user;
- a microphone array;
- a speaker;
- and
- an audio conditioner to output assistive audio via the speaker, the assistive audio processed from microphone array output to emphasize sounds that originate near the gaze target determined by the eye tracker.
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A device, comprising:
- one or more eye-tracking sensors;
- a microphone array comprising at least two microphones;
- at least one speaker;
- and
- a controller to:
- determine a gaze target of a user based on information captured by the one or more eye-tracking sensors;
- and
- perform beamforming on one or more signals output by the microphone array based on the gaze target in order to modulate audio output by the at least one speaker to emphasize sound originating near the gaze target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.