Ambient sound enhancement and acoustic noise cancellation based on context

• Main Authors: BAJIC, Vladan, GREENWOOD, Andrew E, VERMA, Tony S, SAUX, Tom-Davy W, CHEN, Tyrone T, IYENGAR, Vasu, WOODRUFF, John, MAZUR, Jakub
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.12.2020
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION; DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS

An audio system has an ambient sound enhancement function, in which an against-the-ear audio device having a speaker converts a digitally processed version of an input audio signal into sound. The audio system also has an acoustic noise cancellation (ANC) function that may be combined in various way...