Granted Patent B2

US 12,646,522 · App. 17/082,648 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein (Delray Beach, FL)

Assignee: ST R&DTech LLC

G10L21/00G06F3/165G06F3/167G06F16/60G10L13/00G10L15/26G10L21/06G10L25/48H04M1/05H04M1/2471H04R1/1016H04R3/00H04W4/80H04M1/6066H04M1/72442

Abstract

Claims (25)

1 . An earphone comprising:

an ambient microphone, configured to generate an ambient signal;

an ear canal microphone, configured to measure acoustic signals within a user's ear canal and generate an ear canal signal;

a sealing section configured to seal the earphone between a first side and a second side of the earphone;

a speaker;

a memory, where computer instructions are stored in the memory; and

a processor that is configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is coupled to the ambient microphone, wherein the processor is coupled to the ear canal microphone, wherein the processor is coupled to the speaker, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory, and the operations comprising:

retrieving a user's compensation filter from the memory, wherein the compensation filter is generated using a user's relative audiogram, wherein the relative audiogram has been generated by the user interacting with a software on an audio playback system playing sounds through the earphone, wherein the audio playback system is wirelessly connected to the earphone, and wherein the relative audiogram is generated using ear canal signals recorded during the user interacting with the software to generate the relative audio gram;

wirelessly linking with a communication device, wherein the communication device includes a touchscreen, wherein the communication device or a server connected to the communication device evaluates the user's listening history to generate a personalized playlist, and wherein the personalized playlist is displayed on the touchscreen;

receiving an audio signal, wherein the audio signal is generated by selecting audio content from the personalized playlist;

applying the compensation filter to the audio signal to generate a modified audio signal; and

sending the modified audio signal to the speaker.

2 . The earphone according to claim 1 wherein the user's listening history is updated every time the user listens to audio content, and wherein the listening history is stored as a listening history envelope in memory of the communication device or memory in the server.

3 . The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the ear canal microphone measures the acoustic signals from a user's ear canal second side.

4 . The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the interaction element is a button.

5 . The earphone according to claim 4 , wherein the operations further comprise:

sending a request to the server to send the audio signal to the processor.

6 . The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an ambient microphone signal.

7 . The earphone according to claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a voice command by analyzing the ambient microphone signal.

8 . The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an ear canal microphone signal.

9 . The earphone according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a voice command by analyzing the ear canal microphone signal.

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