IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,335
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,335 · App. 14/561,972 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Active noise control and customized audio system

Inventors: Benjamin D. Benattar (Cranbury, NJ); Mark E. Ungerman (Washington, DC)
Assignee: STAGES PCS, LLC
G10K11/175
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,508,335
App. No.
14/561,972
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio customization system responsive to one or more inputs that enhance aspects of an audio output and one or more inputs that diminish aspects of an audio output. The system is set up to be able to lessen the influence of ambient audio or in some situations enhance ambient audio over source audio. The system may specify aspects of audio to be modified by specification of filtering algorithm, characterization of audio samples, monitored distortion, user selection, location specification or environmental specification.

Claims (14)

1. An active noise control system comprising:

an adaptive filter having a source audio input and an audio signal output;

a filtration control connected to said adaptive filter;

a variable input control connected to said filtration control wherein said variable input control dynamically influences said filtration control;

wherein said variable input control is an identification based variable input control;

wherein said identification based variable input is a non-audio environmental identification based variable input control;

wherein said non-audio environmental identification based variable input control is a location service based variable input control; and

wherein said location service based variable input control further comprises a database containing adaptive filter parameters indexed according to non-audio parameters; and a non-audio monitor connected to said database.

2. An active noise control system according to claim 1 wherein said variable input control is a user control.

3. An active noise control system according to claim 1 wherein said variable input control is a dynamic audio analysis unit.

4. An active noise control system according to claim 1 wherein said identification based variable input control further comprises an audio based variable input control.

5. An active noise control system according to claim 4 wherein said audio based input control further comprises a database containing adaptive filter parameters indexed according to audio based parameters; and

an audio monitor connected to said database.

6. An active noise control system according to claim 1 wherein said non-audio environmental identification-based variable input control further comprises an adaptive filter control responsive to an environmental input.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2016
From: STAGES PCS, LLC
To: STAGES LLC
Reel/Frame 040773/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2014
From: BENATTAR, BENJAMIN D.
To: STAGES PCS, LLC
Reel/Frame 034394/0798 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2014
From: UNGERMAN, MARK E.
To: STAGES PCS, LLC
Reel/Frame 034394/0867 →
Continuity (1)
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