Selectively conditioning audio signals based on an audioprint of an object

A hearing aid system for selectively conditioning audio signals associated with a recognized object, the hearing aid system comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to:
• receive audio signals acquired by a wearable microphone, wherein the audio signals are representative of sounds emanating from objects in an environment of a user;
• analyze the received audio signals to obtain an isolated audio stream associated with a sound-emanating object in the environment of the user;
• determine an audioprint from the isolated audio stream;
• use the audioprint to retrieve from a database information relating to the particular sound-emanating object;
• based on the retrieved information, cause selective conditioning of at least one audio signal received by the wearable microphone from a region associated with the at least one sound-emanating object;
• and
• cause transmission of the at least one conditioned audio signal to a hearing interface device configured to provide sounds to an ear of the user.

A method for selectively conditioning audio signals associated with a recognized object, the method comprising:

• receiving audio signals acquired by a wearable microphone, wherein the audio signals are representative of sounds emanating from objects in an environment of a user;
• analyzing the received audio signals to isolate an audio stream determined to be associated with a particular sound-emanating object in the environment of the user;
• determining an audioprint of the isolated audio stream;
• using the determined audioprint to retrieve from a database information relating to the particular sound-emanating object;
• based on the retrieved information, causing selective conditioning of at least one audio signal received by the wearable microphone from a region associated with the at least one sound-emanating object;
• and
• causing transmission of the at least one conditioned audio signal to a hearing interface device configured to provide sounds to an ear of the user.

A hearing aid system for selectively conditioning audio signals associated with a recognized object, the hearing aid system comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to:
• receive a plurality of images from an environment of a user captured by a wearable camera;
• process the plurality of images to detect a sound-emanating object in at least one of the plurality of images;
• identify the sound-emanating object using the at least one of the plurality of images;
• use the determined identity of the sound-emanating object to retrieve from a database information relating to the sound-emanating object;
• receive at least one audio signal acquired by a wearable microphone, wherein the at least one audio signal is representative of sounds including a sound emanating from the sound-emanating object;
• separate the at least one audio signal using the retrieved information to isolate the sound emanating from the sound-emanating object;
• cause selective conditioning of the sound to obtain at least one conditioned audio signal;
• and
• cause transmission of the at least one conditioned audio signal to a hearing interface device configured to provide sounds to an ear of the user.