摘要:
A method for providing multiple users with voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment capability includes receiving at a first decoder (14) a voice signal and a remaining audio signal and simultaneously receiving at a second decoder (15), the voice signal and the remaining audio signal, wherein the voice signal and the remaining audio signal are received separately, and separately adjusting by each of the decoders, the separately received voice and remaining audio signals.
摘要:
The present invention is a method for mixing audio signals based on the preference from hearing impaired listeners, as well as non-hearing impaired listeners, without forcing hearing impaired individuals to employ special hearing-impaired equipment. A user activated controller (10, 11) controls a mixture of a preferred audio signal and a remaining audio signal across a range sufficiently wide enough to encompass all individuals. The preferred audio is recorded and maintained separated from all remaining audio and delivered to the listener in a manner that maintains this separation. The controller (10, 11) enables the user to specify a range about the ratio in which the audio may vary, which permits the listener to expand the audio across a continuous range to whatever dynamic range his hearing can accommodate. The controller (10, 11) automatically adjusts to changes in incoming audio. The controller (10, 11) can react to relatively slowly moving changes or prevent short bursts of sound in remaining audio from modifying the signal levels. The combination of the ability to control the mixing ratio and to specify the dynamic range of the ratio in which the audio may vary, coupled with the ability to automatically adjust the signal levels in response to sudden changes in incoming audio, provides a powerful user capability that truly optimizes the listening experience for any listener.
摘要:
A method for processing audio signals optimizes the listening experience for hearing impaired listeners, as well as non-hearing impaired listeners, without forcing hearing impaired individuals to feel stigmatized by requiring them to employ special hearing-impaired equipment. A user actuated controller controls a mixture of a preferred audio signal and a remaining audio signal across a range sufficiently wide enough to encompass all individuals. The preferred audio is recorded and maintained separate from all remaining audio and delivered to the listener in a manner that maintains the separateness of the preferred audio and the remaining audio. The user actuated controller includes the capability of automatically maintaining the listener established ratio in the face of changes in the audio signal. The user actuated controller enables the user to specify a range about the ratio in which the audio may vary, which permits the listener to expand the audio across a continuous range to whatever dynamic range his hearing can accommodate. The controller automatically adjusts to changes in incoming audio. The controller can react to relatively slowly moving changes or prevent short bursts of sound in the remaining audio from modifying the signal levels. The combination of the above aspects provides a heretofore not possible listening experience that can accommodate the listening desires of all listeners. The combination of the ability to control the ratio of preferred audio to remaining audio and to specify the dynamic range about the ratio in which the audio may vary, coupled with the ability of the controller to automatically adjust the signal levels in response to sudden changes in incoming audio, provides a powerful user capability that truly optimizes the listening experience for any listener.
摘要:
A personal listening device useful in a listening environment having a plurality of listeners, comprises a receiver that receives a first audio signal and a second audio signal, the first audio signal including a voice signal and being different than the second audio signal; an adjustment device that allows a listener to adjust the first audio signal and the second audio signal independent of each other; and a transducer that receives the adjusted first and/or second audio signals, combines the received first and second audio signals, and outputs an audible sound based on the combined first and second audio signals to the listener without interfering with other listeners in the listening environment.
摘要:
A method for providing multiple users with voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment capability includes receiving at a first decoder (14) a voice signal and a remaining audio signal and simultaneously receiving at a second decoder (15), the voice signal and the remaining audio signal, wherein the voice signal and the remaining audio signal are received separately, and separately adjusting by each of the decoders, the separately received voice and remaining audio signals.
摘要:
The invention enables the inclusion of voice and remaining audio information at different parts of the audio production process. In particular, the invention embodies special techniques for VRA-capable digital mastering (510) and accommodations of VRA by thoseclasses of audio compression formats that sustain less losses of audio data as compared to any codecs that sustain comparable net losses equal or greater than the AC3 compression format. The invention facilitates an end-listener's voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment (535) upon the playback of digital audio media formats by focusing on new configurations of multiple parts of the entire digital audio system, thereby enabling a new technique intended to benefit audio end-users (end-listeners) who wish to control the ratio of the primary vocal/dialog content of an audio program relative to the remaining portion of the audio content in that program.
摘要:
An integrated individual listening device and decoder (309) for receiving an audio signal including a decoder (309) for decoding the audio signal by separating the audio signal into a voice signal and a background signal, a first end-user adjustable amplifier (311) coupled to the voice signal and amplifying the voice signal; a second end-user adjustable amplifier (310) coupled to the background signal and amplifying the background signal; a summing amplifier (312) coupled to the outputs of the first and second end-user adjustable amplifiers and outputting a total audio signal, said total signal being coupled to an individual listening device.
摘要:
The present invention is a method for mixing audio signals based on the preference from hearing impaired listeners, as well as non-hearing impaired listeners, without forcing hearing impaired individuals to employ special hearing-impaired equipment. A user activated controller (10, 11) controls a mixture of a preferred audio signal and a remaining audio signal across a range sufficiently wide enough to encompass all individuals. The preferred audio is recorded and maintained separated from all remaining audio and delivered to the listener in a manner that maintains this separation. The controller (10, 11) enables the user to specify a range about the ratio in which the audio may vary, which permits the listener to expand the audio across a continuous range to whatever dynamic range his hearing can accommodate. The controller (10, 11) automatically adjusts to changes in incoming audio. The controller (10, 11) can react to relatively slowly moving changes or prevent short bursts of sound in remaining audio from modifying the signal levels. The combination of the ability to control the mixing ratio and to specify the dynamic range of the ratio in which the audio may vary, coupled with the ability to automatically adjust the signal levels in response to sudden changes in incoming audio, provides a powerful user capability that truly optimizes the listening experience for any listener.
摘要:
An integrated individual listening device and decoder (309) for receiving an audio signal including a decoder (309) for decoding the audio signal by separating the audio signal into a voice signal and a background signal, a first end-user adjustable amplifier (311) coupled to the voice signal and amplifying the voice signal; a second end-user adjustable amplifier (310) coupled to the background signal and amplifying the background signal; a summing amplifier (312) coupled to the outputs of the first and second end-user adjustable amplifiers and outputting a total audio signal, said total signal being coupled to an individual listening device.