Occlusion Reduction and Active Noise Reduction Based on Seal Quality

Patent №

US 9,779,716

Granted

2017-10-03

Filed 2015

Owner

KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC

Lab

AI components

1

speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14985057

Systems and methods for active noise reduction and occlusion reduction based on seal quality of an in-the-ear (ITE) module inserted into a user's ear canal are provided. An example method includes receiving one or more acoustic signals. Each of the acoustic signals represents at least one captured sound having at least one of a voice component and an unwanted noise. The voice component may include the user's own voice. A quality of a seal of an ear canal is determined based at least partially on the acoustic signals. If the quality of the seal exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an occlusion reduction is performed on the acoustic signals to improve the voice component. If the quality of the seal is below a predetermined threshold value, active noise reduction is performed on the acoustic signals to reduce the unwanted noise.

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AI classification

Speech1.00
Planning0.10
Natural language0.03
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Vision0.00
AI hardware0.00

Ownership

KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC

assignment · 387250494

Assignors

GADONNIEX, SHARON, WOODRUFF, JOHN, VERMA, TONY

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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