Method and Apparatus for in-Ear Canal Sound Suppression
AssigneeStaton Techiya LLC
InventorsJason McIntosh, Marc Boillot, John Usher, Steven Goldstein
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Abstract
A method and system of conferencing can include the steps of initiating a conference call at a communication device with two or more communication devices and selecting to suppress a voice communication of at least one communication device on the conference call where a modified electronic signal is generated with the selected at least one communication device so that the voice communication from the selected at least one communication device is inaudible. The method or system further includes sending the modified electronic signal to at least one other communication device on the conference call. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A first communication device, comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- selecting to suppress a voice communication of a second communication device on a call with the first communication device;
- producing acoustic audio content based on audio content associated with the call that is delivered via an ear canal receiver of the first communication device;
- providing, by utilizing an ear canal microphone of the first communication device, an electronic internal signal based on the acoustic audio content to an adaptive filter coupled to a reference signal;
- and
- generating, by utilizing the adaptive filter, a modified electronic signal based on the electronic internal signal and the reference signal;
- and
- suppressing the voice communication of the second communication device in the modified electronic signal.
A method, comprising:
- selecting to suppress a voice communication of a second communication device on a call with a first communication device;
- generating acoustic audio content based on audio content associated with the call that is delivered via an ear canal receiver of the first communication device;
- providing, by utilizing an ear canal microphone of the first communication device, an electronic internal signal based on the acoustic audio content to an adaptive filter coupled to a reference signal;
- and
- generating, by utilizing the adaptive filter, a modified electronic signal based on the electronic internal signal and the reference signal;
- and
- suppressing the voice communication of the second communication device in the modified electronic signal.
A first communication device, comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- producing acoustic audio content based on audio content associated with a call that is delivered via an ear canal receiver of a first communication device on a call with a second communication device;
- providing, by utilizing an ear canal microphone of the first communication device, an electronic internal signal based on the acoustic audio content to an adaptive filter coupled to a reference signal;
- and
- generating, by utilizing the adaptive filter, a modified electronic signal based on the electronic internal signal and the reference signal;
- and
- suppressing a voice communication of the second communication device in the modified electronic signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.