IP Library Granted Patent US 10,778,847
Granted Patent B1
US 10,778,847 · App. 16/541,870 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Proximate noise duplication prevention

Inventors: Sandy Scott Collins (Durham, NC); Justin Michael Ringuette (Morrisville, NC); Richard Todd Wall (Clayton, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04M3/568H04M3/563H04M9/082
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Patent No.
US 10,778,847
App. No.
16/541,870
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using an information handling device, a proximate sound source; determining, using a processor, that noise produced by the proximate sound source is duplicated on a conference bridge that a user is connected to and is within an audible range of the user; and preventing, based on the determining, the noise on the conference bridge from reaching the user. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (47)

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, using an information handling device, a proximate sound source;

determining, using a processor, that noise produced by the proximate sound source is duplicated on a conference bridge that a user is connected to and is within an audible range of the user, wherein the determining comprises:

identifying that the conference bridge is associated with a recurring conference call; and

identifying that the proximate sound source is a recurring sound source substantially always present during the recurring conference call; and

preventing, based on the determining, the noise on the conference bridge from reaching the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the proximate sound source is associated with a proximate object.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the proximate sound source is associated with a proximate individual.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the noise produced by the proximate sound source is registered by another device connected to the conference bridge.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises:

capturing, using a microphone associated with the information handling device, the noise;

comparing the captured noise to sound detected on the conference bridge; and

identifying that the captured noise shares a predetermined level of similarity to the sound on the conference bridge.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises:

detecting a manual designation of the proximate sound source;

receiving an indication of audible characteristics of the noise produced by the proximate sound source; and

determining that audible characteristics of sound detected on the conference bridge share a predetermined level of similarity with the audible characteristics of the noise.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preventing comprises preventing the noise from being transmitted through speakers associated with the user.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the speakers are integrated into a headset worn by the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preventing comprises preventing without receiving any additional user input.

10. An information handling device, comprising:

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a proximate sound source;

determine that noise produced by the proximate sound source is duplicated on a conference bridge that a user is associated with and is within an audible range of the user, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

identify that the conference bridge is associated with a recurring conference call; and

identify that the proximate sound source is a recurring sound source substantially always present during the recurring conference call; and

prevent, based on the determining, the noise on the conference bridge from reaching the user.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the proximate sound source is associated with a proximate object.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the proximate sound source is associated with a proximate individual.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the noise produced by the proximate sound source is registered by another device connected to the conference bridge.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine further comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

capture, using a microphone associated with the information handling device, the noise;

compare the captured noise to sound detected on the conference bridge; and

identify that the captured noise shares a predetermined level of similarity to the sound on the conference bridge.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine further comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

detect a manual designation of the proximate sound source;

receive an indication of audible characteristics of the noise produced by the proximate sound source; and

determine that audible characteristics of sound detected on the conference bridge share a predetermined level of similarity with the audible characteristics of the noise.

16. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to prevent comprise instructions executable by the processor to prevent the noise from being transmitted through speakers associated with the user.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to prevent comprise instructions executable by the processor to prevent without receiving any additional user input.

18. A product, comprising:

A non-transitory storage device having computer readable program code stored therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code that identifies a proximate sound source;

computer readable program code that determines that noise produced by the proximate sound source is duplicated on a conference bridge that a user is associated with and is within an audible range of the user, wherein the computer readable program code that determines comprises computer readable program code that:

identifies that the conference bridge is associated with a recurring conference call; and

identifies that the proximate sound source is a recurring sound source substantially always present during the recurring conference call; and

computer readable program code that prevents, based on the determining, the noise on the conference bridge from reaching the user.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060651/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: COLLINS, SANDY SCOTT; RINGUETTE, JUSTIN MICHAEL; WALL, RICHARD TODD
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 051667/0535 →