# US 2023/0274752 A1 · Hearing enhancement methods and systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0274752 A1 - Document ID: US20230274752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/144,546 - Filed: 2023-05-08 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Earliest claimed: 2003-04-15 - Assignees: IpVenture, Inc. - Applicants: IpVenture, Inc. - Inventors: Kwok Wai Cheung; Peter P. Tong; C. Douglass Thomas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230274752A1 ## CPC - G10L 21/0208: Noise filtering - H04R 1/403: {loud-speakers} - H04R 25/405: {by combining a plurality of transducers} - H04R 3/12: for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} - H04R 2201/023: Transducers incorporated in garment, rucksacks or the like - H04R 2217/03: Parametric transducers where sound is generated or captured by the acoustic demodulation of amplitude modulated ultrasonic waves - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - 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 Different embodiments on hearing enhancement methods and systems to enhance a user's hearing. In one embodiment, a system includes a headset. The headset can access audio signals from other portable or non-portable instruments, wired or wirelessly, such as from home entertainment units, phones, microphones at a conference or speakers at a movie theater. The headset includes a wireless communication component to receive signals from an instrument, a down-convert circuitry, a speaker and a microphone to pickup sound in a headset environment. The headset is configured to modify audio output signals based on the pickup sound to at least reduce noise in the audio output signals to help the user hear audio signals. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A headset to at least help a user hear audio signals, with the headset configured to secure to the head of the user, proximate to at least one ear of the user, the headset comprising: a wireless communication component configured to receive wireless signals in gigahertz frequencies, wherein the wireless signals are configured to be from signals in a mobile phone that have been up-converted and wirelessly transmitted to be received by the headset at least via the wireless communication component; a down-convert circuitry configured to generate down-converted signals, based on the received wireless signals; a speaker configured to provide audio output signals, based on the down-converted signals; and a rechargeable battery, wherein the wireless communication component is configured to operate in at least a Bluetooth network, wherein the headset comprises a first and a second microphones in the headset, with at least the first microphone configured to at least pickup sound in an environment of the headset, and with at least the second microphone configured to pickup at least voice of the user, wherein the headset is configured to modify power in at least a portion of the audio output signals, based on at least the pickup sound in the environment of the headset, so as to at least reduce noise in the audio output signals to provide to the user via at least the speaker, and wherein the headset is configured to further modify power in at least a portion of the audio output signals, based on at least hearing of the user, to provide to the user via at least the speaker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A headset as recited in claim 1, wherein the power is modified in at least a portion of the audio output signals based on signals that are opposite in phase to at least a portion of the pickup sound in the environment of the headset. ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A headset as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication component is configured also to operate in a WiFi network. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A headset as recited in claim 1 comprising a controller configured to make hands-free calls for the user via the mobile phone. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A headset as recited in claim 1 comprising a storage device storing at least a plurality of instructions configured to recognize at least a word based on voice recognition. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A headset as recited in claim 6, wherein the headset is configured to be activated based on recognizing the at least a word. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A headset as recited in claim 1 comprising a storage device storing at least a plurality of instructions configured to recognize at least a voice command from the user based on voice recognition, with the headset configured to operate according to the voice command. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A headset as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio output signals include a plurality of frequency bands, and wherein the headset is configured to increase the power of the audio output signals in at least one of the frequency bands more than another one of the frequency bands in the plurality of frequency bands. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) A headset as recited in claim 6, wherein the headset comprises a conductive pad, and wherein the rechargeable battery is configured to be charged by having the headset placed on a charging apparatus so that at least the conductive pad is in contact with a corresponding conductive element at the charging apparatus. ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) A headset as recited in claim 10 comprising a controller configured to facilitate calibrating the hearing of the user. ### Claim 13 (canceled) ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) A headset as recited in claim 5 comprising a storage device storing at least a plurality of instructions configured to recognize at least a word based on voice recognition. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A headset as recited in claim 14, wherein the plurality of instructions are configured to recognize at least a voice command from the user based on voice recognition, with the headset configured to operate according to the voice command. ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) A headset as recited in claim 14, wherein the headset comprises a conductive pad, and wherein the rechargeable battery is configured to be charged by having the headset placed on a charging apparatus so that at least the conductive pad is in contact with a corresponding conductive element at the charging apparatus. ### Claim 18 A headset to at least help a user hear audio signals, with the headset configured to secure to the head of the user, proximate to at least one ear of the user, the headset comprising: a wireless communication component configured to receive wireless signals in gigahertz frequencies, wherein the wireless signals are configured to be from signals in a mobile device that have been up-converted and wirelessly transmitted to be received by the headset at least via the wireless communication component; a down-convert circuitry configured to generate down-converted signals, based on the received wireless signals; a speaker configured to provide audio output signals, based on the down-converted signals; and a rechargeable battery, wherein the headset comprises a first and a second microphones in the headset, with at least the first microphone configured to at least pickup sound in an environment of the headset, and with at least the second microphone configured to pickup at least voice of the user, wherein the headset is configured to modify power in at least a portion of the audio output signals, based on at least the pickup sound in the environment of the headset, so as to at least reduce noise in the audio output signals to provide to the user via at least the speaker, wherein the wireless communication component is configured to operate in at least a Bluetooth network, wherein the headset comprises a controller configured to make hands-free calls for the user via the mobile device operable at least as a mobile phone, wherein the headset comprises a storage device storing at least a plurality of instructions configured to recognize at least a word based on voice recognition, and wherein the headset is configured to further modify power within at least a portion of the audio output signals, based on at least a hearing characteristic of the user, to provide to the user via at least the speaker. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A headset as recited in claim 18, wherein the headset comprises a conductive pad, and wherein the rechargeable battery is configured to be charged by having the headset placed on a charging apparatus so that at least the conductive pad is in contact with a corresponding conductive element at the charging apparatus. ### Claim 20 A headset to at least help a user hear audio signals, with the headset configured to secure to the head of the user, proximate to at least one ear of the user, the headset comprising: a wireless communication component configured to receive wireless signals in gigahertz frequencies, wherein the wireless signals are configured to be from signals in a television that have been up-converted and wirelessly transmitted to be received by the headset at least via the wireless communication component; a down-convert circuitry configured to generate down-converted signals, based on the received wireless signals; a speaker configured to provide audio output signals, based on the down-converted signals; and a rechargeable battery, wherein the headset comprises a first and a second microphones in the headset, with at least the first microphone configured to at least pickup sound in an environment of the headset, and with at least the second microphone configured to pickup at least voice of the user, wherein the headset is configured to modify power in at least a portion of the audio output signals, based on at least the pickup sound in the environment of the headset, so as to at least reduce noise in the audio output signals to provide to the user via at least the speaker, wherein the headset is configured to further modify power in at least a portion of the audio output signals, based on at least hearing of the user, to provide to the user via at least the speaker, and wherein the wireless communication component is configured to operate in at least a Bluetooth network. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) A headset as recited in claim 20 comprising: a storage device storing at least a plurality of instructions configured to recognize at least a word based on voice recognition; and a conductive pad, wherein the rechargeable battery is configured to be charged by having the headset placed on a charging apparatus so that at least the conductive pad is in contact with a corresponding conductive element at the charging apparatus. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) A headset as recited in claim 21 comprising a controller configured to make hands-free calls for the user via the mobile phone. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) A headset as recited in claim 22, wherein the wireless communication component is configured also to operate in a WiFi network. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) A headset as recited in claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to facilitate calibrating the hearing of the user.