# US 2020/0401369 A1 · Conversation assistance audio device personalization

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- Number: US 2020/0401369 A1
- Document ID: US20200401369A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/014,409
- Filed: 2020-09-08
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-19
- Assignees: Bose Corporation
- Applicants: Bose Corporation
- Inventors: Andrew Todd Sabin; Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld; Benjamin Davis Parker
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401369A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path}
- G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback}
- H04R 1/406: {microphones}
- H04R 3/005: {for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)}
- H04R 3/04: for correcting frequency response
- H04R 25/70: {Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting}
- H04R 2430/01: Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)

## Abstract

Various implementations include conversation assistance audio devices with settings that are adjustable based upon user feedback. In some cases, a computer-implemented method of personalizing a conversation assistance audio device includes: receiving a command from a user for assistance with audio settings in the conversation assistance audio device; applying a baseline set of audio settings to the conversation assistance audio device in response to receiving the user command for assistance; receiving a user command to change the baseline set of audio settings; and applying a modified set of audio settings to the conversation assistance audio device in response to receiving the user command to change the baseline set of audio settings, wherein the modified set of audio settings are applied based upon usage of the conversation assistance audio device and a population model of usage of similar conversation assistance audio devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer-implemented method of personalizing a conversation assistance audio device, the method comprising:
receiving a command from a user for assistance with audio settings in the conversation assistance audio device;
applying a baseline set of audio settings to the conversation assistance audio device in response to receiving the user command for assistance;
receiving a user command to change the baseline set of audio settings; and
applying a modified set of audio settings to the conversation assistance audio device in response to receiving the user command to change the baseline set of audio settings, wherein the modified set of audio settings are applied based upon usage of the conversation assistance audio device and a population model of usage of similar conversation assistance audio devices.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user command comprises a single interface command.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the single interface command comprises a single voice command, a single tactile command, or a single gesture command.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the baseline audio settings are applied in response to the single interface command without any intervening command.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising iteratively performing the following:
receiving a subsequent user command to change the modified set of audio settings; and
applying a further modified set of audio settings to the conversation assistance audio device in response to receiving the subsequent user command,
wherein the further modified set of audio settings are applied based upon the usage of the conversation assistance audio device and the population model of usage of similar conversation assistance audio device, and wherein the subsequent user command comprises a single interface command.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the baseline set of audio settings comprise median audio settings for a respective plurality of audio parameters.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the baseline set of audio settings comprise user-defined audio settings for the respective plurality of audio parameters from a group of users.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the audio settings on the conversation assistance audio device comprise a directivity of a microphone array in the conversation assistance audio device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the audio settings on the conversation assistance audio device comprise a microphone array filter configuration on the microphone array in the conversation assistance audio device

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the audio settings on the conversation assistance audio device comprise a volume of audio provided to the user at the conversation assistance audio device.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the audio settings on the conversation assistance audio device comprise parameters controlling wide dynamic range compression or gain parameters controlling the shape of the frequency versus gain function.