Adaptive auditory alerts
View Patent ↗A method includes recording, at an electronic device utilizing a microphone of the electronic device, ambient noise of an environment the electronic device is disposed in; electronically analyzing, utilizing one or more processors, the recorded ambient noise of the environment to determine one or more frequency bands to avoid; dynamically adapting, based on the electronic analysis, an auditory alert to be played at the electronic device, such adaptation including frequency equalization adjustments based on the determination of one or more frequency bands to avoid; and playing, at the electronic device utilizing one or more speakers of the electronic device, the adapted auditory alert.
1. A method, comprising providing an alert at an electronic device, including the steps of:
(a) recording, utilizing a microphone of the electronic device, ambient noise in an environment of the electronic device in which an auditory alert is to be provided;
(b) communicating, by the electronic device to a remote server, the recorded ambient noise;
(c) receiving, by the electronic device from the remote server, results of an electronic analysis of the recorded ambient noise, the results comprising one or more frequency bands to avoid in providing the auditory alert;
(d) dynamically adapting, at the electronic device, based on the received results of the electronic analysis, the auditory alert to be provided by the electronic device, such adaptation including frequency equalization adjustments based on the results comprising the one or more frequency bands to avoid in providing the auditory alert; and
(e) playing in the environment, utilizing one or more speakers of the electronic device, the adapted auditory alert.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the auditory alert comprises a ringtone.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the auditory alert comprises an alarm.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises a tablet.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of dynamically adapting the auditory alert comprises adapting the attack of the auditory alert.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of dynamically adapting the auditory alert comprises adapting the decay of the auditory alert.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of dynamically adapting the auditory alert comprises modifying a volume at which the auditory alert is played.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of determining that the auditory alert is associated with a high priority level.
10. An electronic device for providing an alert, comprising:
(a) a microphone capable of recording ambient noise in an environment of the electronic device;
(b) one or more components for communicating with a remote server; and
(c) one or more speakers;
(d) wherein the electronic device is configured to
(i) record, using the microphone, ambient noise in the environment of the electronic device in which an auditory alert is to be provided,
(ii) communicate to the remote server the recorded ambient noise,
(iii) receive from the remote server results of an electronic analysis of the recorded ambient noise, the results comprising one or more frequency bands to avoid in providing the auditory alert,
(iv) dynamically adapt, based on the received results of the electronic analysis, the auditory alert to be provided by the electronic device, such adaptation including frequency equalization adjustments based on the results comprising the one or more frequency bands to avoid in providing the auditory alert, and
(v) play, utilizing the one or more speakers, the adapted auditory alert.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the auditory alert comprises a ringtone.
12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the auditory alert comprises an alarm.
13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone.
14. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device comprises a tablet.
15. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the step of dynamically adapting the auditory alert comprises adapting the attack of the auditory alert.
16. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the step of dynamically adapting the auditory alert comprises adapting the decay of the auditory alert.
17. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the step of dynamically adapting the auditory alert comprises modifying a volume at which the auditory alert is played.
18. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising a step of determining that the auditory alert is associated with a high priority level.
19. A method of providing an alert, comprising the steps of:
(a) recording ambient noise in an environment of an electronic device;
(b) communicating to a remote server the recorded ambient noise;
(c) receiving, by an electronic device from the remote server, results of an electronic analysis of the recorded ambient noise, the results comprising one or more frequency bands to avoid in providing an auditory alert;
(d) dynamically adapting the auditory alert, at the electronic device, based on the received results of the electronic analysis, such adaptation including frequency equalization adjustments based on the results comprising the one or more frequency bands to be avoided in providing the auditory alert; and
(e) playing in the environment, utilizing one or more speakers of the electronic device, the adapted auditory alert.
20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising a step of determining that the auditory alert is associated with a high priority level.