IP Library Granted Patent US 11,908,442
Granted Patent B2
US 11,908,442 · App. 17/879,319 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Selective audio isolation from body generated sound system and method

Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen (Munich, DE)
Assignee: BRAGI GMBH
G10K11/178H04R1/1083G10K2210/1081G10K2210/3028G10K2210/3045H04R1/1016H04R1/1041H04R2201/107
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Patent No.
US 11,908,442
App. No.
17/879,319
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive audio from the at least one microphone, perform processing of the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker. The processing of the audio involves identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds.

Claims (26)

1. A wireless earpiece comprising:

a wireless earpiece housing;

a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing;

a plurality of microphones operatively connected to the processor;

at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to receive audio from the plurality of microphones, perform processing of the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker;

wherein the processing of the audio comprises identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds from environmental audio detected by the plurality of microphones;

wherein the identifying body generated sounds generated by the body of the user of the wireless earpiece is performed based on comparing the audio with a training set of body generated sounds.

2. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the removing the body generated sounds is performed by superimposing a cancellation signal to the audio.

3. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the removing the body generated sounds is performed by filtering the body generated sounds from the audio.

4. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the body generated sounds comprise at least one of a click or a pop generated by movement of a temporomandibular joint of the user.

5. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the body generated sounds comprise sounds generated by movement of the user.

6. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the body generated sound comprises sounds generated by items worn by the user as the user moves.

7. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to receive the audio from one or more microphones of a second wireless earpieces in operative communication with the wireless earpiece.

8. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to receive the audio from one or more microphones of a second wireless earpieces in operative communication with the wireless earpiece.

9. A method of removing body generated sounds by an earpiece comprising:

providing the earpiece, the earpiece comprising a wireless earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, a plurality of microphones operatively connected to the processor and at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive audio from the plurality of microphones, perform processing on the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker, wherein the identifying body generated sounds generated by the body of the user of the wireless earpiece is performed based on comparing the audio with a training set of body generated sounds;

receiving audio from the plurality of microphones at the processor;

performing processing on the audio to provide processed audio, wherein the processing of the audio comprises identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds from environmental audio detected by the plurality of microphones; and

outputting the processed audio to the at least one speaker of the wireless earpiece.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the plurality of microphones include an air microphone and a bone microphone.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the removing the body generated sounds is performed using active noise cancellation.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the removing the body generated sounds is performed by filtering.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the body generated sounds comprise at least one of a click or a pop generated by movement of a temporomandibular joint of the user.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the body generated sounds comprise sounds generated by movement of the user.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the body generated sound comprises sounds generated by items worn by the user as the user moves.

Assignments (1)
EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENT Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: BOESEN, PETER VINCENT
To: BRAGI GMBH
Reel/Frame 061354/0423 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17147329 · Jan 12, 2021
Continuation 16101894 · Aug 13, 2018
Continuation 15801045 · Nov 1, 2017
Provisional Application 62417195 · Nov 3, 2016
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