公开(公告)号：US20090016541A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US12115349

申请日：2008-05-05

申请人： Steven Wayne Goldstein ,  Marc Andre Boillot ,  Jason Mclntosh ,  John Usher

发明人： Steven Wayne Goldstein ,  Marc Andre Boillot ,  Jason Mclntosh ,  John Usher

IPC分类号： H03G3/20 ,  H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R3/005 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  H04R2410/05 ,  H04R2460/01 ,  H04R2460/07

摘要： An earpiece (100) and a method (640) for acoustic management of multiple microphones is provided. The method can include capturing an ambient acoustic signal from an Ambient Sound Microphone (ASM) to produce an electronic ambient signal, capturing in an ear canal an internal sound from an Ear Canal Microphone (ECM) to produce an electronic internal signal, measuring a background noise signal, and mixing the electronic ambient signal with the electronic internal signal in a ratio dependent on the background noise signal to produce a mixed signal. The mixing can adjust an internal gain of the electronic internal signal and an external gain of the electronic ambient signal based on the background noise characteristics. The mixing can account for an acoustic attenuation level and an audio content level of the earpiece. Other embodiments are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20090010442A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US12165022

申请日：2008-06-30

申请人： John Usher ,  Marc Andre Boillot

发明人： John Usher ,  Marc Andre Boillot

IPC分类号： H03G3/20

CPC分类号： H04R1/1083 ,  H03G3/32 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R2410/05 ,  H04R2420/07

摘要： At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method for audio processing suitable for use with an earpiece is provided that comprises the steps of delivering audio to an ear canal, measuring a residual background noise level within the ear canal, and adjusting the audio based on characteristics of the residual background noise level to maintain a natural audio level. A mixing of an ambient sound signal and an ear canal signal can be used to calculate the residual background noise level. The method can include compensating the residual measurement based on microphone sensitivities. Other embodiments are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 至少一个示例性实施例涉及一种适用于与耳机一起使用的音频处理的方法，其包括以下步骤：将音频传送到耳道，测量耳道内的残留背景噪声水平，以及基于 残留背景噪声水平的特点，保持自然的音频水平。 可以使用环境声音信号和耳道信号的混合来计算残余背景噪声水平。 该方法可以包括基于麦克风灵敏度补偿残差测量。 公开了其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20080260180A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-23

申请号：US12102555

申请日：2008-04-14

申请人： Steven Wayne Goldstein ,  John Usher ,  Marc Andre Boillot

发明人： Steven Wayne Goldstein ,  John Usher ,  Marc Andre Boillot

IPC分类号： H04R1/00

CPC分类号： H04R1/08 ,  G10L15/20 ,  G10L19/00 ,  G10L25/78 ,  H04R1/1041 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R25/50

摘要： At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method and/or a device for voice operated control. The method can include method measuring an ambient sound received from at least one Ambient Sound Microphone, measuring an internal sound received from at least one Ear Canal Microphone, detecting a spoken voice from a wearer of the earpiece based on an analysis of the ambient sound and the internal sound, and controlling at least one voice operation of the earpiece if the presence of spoken voice is detected. The analysis can be a sound pressure level (SPL) difference, a correlation, a coherence, and a spectral difference.

摘要翻译： 至少一个示例性实施例涉及用于语音操作控制的方法和/或设备。 该方法可以包括测量从至少一个环境声音麦克风​​接收的环境声音的方法，测量从至少一个耳道麦克风接收的内部声音，基于对环境声音的分析来检测来自耳机佩戴者的口语声音;以及 内部声音，并且如果检测到语音的存在，则控制耳机的至少一个语音操作。 分析可以是声压级（SPL）差，相关性，相干性和光谱差。

公开(公告)号：US07414705B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-19

申请号：US11562410

申请日：2006-11-21

申请人： Marc Andre Boillot

发明人： Marc Andre Boillot

IPC分类号： G01C3/08

CPC分类号： G01S15/104 ,  G01S15/42 ,  G01S15/50 ,  G01S15/88 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/0428

摘要： A method (200) and system (220) for range detection is provided. The system can include a sensing unit (110) for detecting a location and movement of a first object (401), and a processor (107) for providing a measure of the movement. The processor can convert the measure to a coordinate signal for moving a second object (124) in accordance with a location and movement of the first object. The system can include a pulse shaper (109) for producing a pulse shaped signal (167) and a phase detector (101) for identifying a movement from a reflected signal (166). A portion of the pulse shaped signal can be a frequency modulated region (312), a constant frequency region (316), or a chirp region (324). In one arrangement, the pulse shaper can be a cascade of all-pass filters (515) for providing phase dispersion.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于范围检测的方法（200）和系统（220）。 该系统可以包括用于检测第一物体（401）的位置和移动的感测单元（110），以及用于提供移动量度的处理器（107）。 处理器可以根据第一对象的位置和移动将该测量值转换为用于移动第二对象（124）的坐标信号。 该系统可以包括用于产生脉冲形信号（167）的脉冲整形器（109）和用于识别来自反射信号（166）的移动的相位检测器（101）。 脉冲形状信号的一部分可以是频率调制区域（312），恒定频率区域（316）或啁啾区域（324）。 在一种布置中，脉冲整形器可以是级联的全通滤波器（515），用于提供相位色散。

公开(公告)号：US20080187163A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-07

申请号：US12024842

申请日：2008-02-01

申请人： Steven Wayne Goldstein ,  John Usher ,  Marc Andre Boillot

发明人： Steven Wayne Goldstein ,  John Usher ,  Marc Andre Boillot

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H04R29/00

CPC分类号： H04R29/004 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/1117 ,  A61B5/14542 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/36 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/30 ,  H04M1/65 ,  H04R1/1091 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2201/109 ,  H04R2410/05 ,  H04R2499/11

摘要： At least one exemplary embodiment so directed to an earpiece (100). The earpiece can include an Ambient Sound Microphone (111) configured to capture ambient sound, an Ear Canal Microphone (123) configured to capture internal sound in the ear canal, a memory (208) configured to record at least a portion of the history of the ambient sound and the internal sound, and a processor (121) configured to save a recent portion of the history responsive to an event.

摘要翻译： 至少一个示例性实施例涉及耳机（100）。 耳机可以包括被配置为捕获环境声音的环境声音麦克风​​（111），被配置为捕获耳道内部声音的耳道麦克风（123），被配置为记录至少一部分历史的记录 环境声音和内部声音，以及被配置为响应于事件来保存历史的最近部分的处理器（121）。