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US 12,592,243 · App. 18/302,683 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Method and electronic device for personalized audio enhancement

Inventors: Prithvi Raj Reddy Gudepu (Bengaluru, IN); Nitya Tiwari (Bengaluru, IN); Sandip Shriram Bapat (Bengaluru, IN)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L21/02G10L21/10
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Patent No.
US 12,592,243
App. No.
18/302,683
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments herein disclose a method and electronic device for personalized audio enhancement. The method includes: receiving, by the electronic device, a plurality of inputs, in response to an audiogram test. The method includes generating, by the electronic device, a first audiogram representative of a first personalized audio setting to suit a first ambient context, based on the received inputs. The method also includes determining a change from the first ambient context to a second ambient context for an audio playback, analyzing a plurality of contextual parameters during the audio playback in the second ambient context, and generating a second audiogram representative of a second personalised audio setting to suit the second ambient context based on the analysis of the plurality of contextual parameters, by the electronic device.

Claims (34)

1 . A method for personalized audio enhancement using an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, a plurality of inputs, in response to an audiogram test;

generating, by the electronic device, a first audiogram corresponding to a one-dimensional frequency-based compression function and representative of a first personalized audio setting to suit a first ambient context, based on the received inputs received;

determining, by the electronic device, a change from the first ambient context to a second ambient context for an audio playback;

analyzing, by the electronic device, a plurality of contextual parameters during the audio playback in the second ambient context;

generating, by the electronic device, a second audiogram corresponding to a multi-dimensional frequency-based compression function and representative of a second personalised audio setting to suit the second ambient context based on the analysis of the plurality of contextual parameters, wherein each dimension of the multi-dimensional frequency-based compression function represents one of the plurality of contextual parameters; and

performing amplification control of audio during the audio playback in the second ambient context based on the second audiogram.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first audiogram includes first frequency-based gain settings for audio playback across each of different audio frequencies in the first ambient context.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second audiogram includes second frequency-based gain settings for audio playback across each of different audio frequencies in the second ambient context.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the change from the first ambient context to the second ambient context is determined by monitoring a plurality of audio signals with different audio frequencies played back in different ambient conditions.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contextual parameters include at least one of an audio context, a noise context, a signal-to-noise ratio, an echo, a voice activity, a scene classification, a reverberation, or a user input during the audio playback in the second ambient context.

6 . An electronic device configured for personalized audio enhancement, wherein the electronic device comprises:

memory;

a processor, comprising processing circuitry, coupled to the memory;

a communicator comprising communication circuitry coupled to the memory and the processor; and

a contextual compression function management controller, comprising circuitry, coupled to the memory, the processor and the communicator, and configured to:

receive a plurality of inputs, in response to an audiogram test;

generate a first audiogram corresponding to a one-dimensional frequency-based compression function and representative of a first personalized audio setting to suit a first ambient context, based on the received inputs;

determine a change from the first ambient context to a second ambient context for an audio playback;

analyze a plurality of contextual parameters during the audio playback in the second ambient context;

generate a second audiogram corresponding to a multi-dimensional frequency-based compression function and representative of a second personalised audio setting to suit the second ambient context based on the analysis of the plurality of contextual parameters, wherein each dimension of the multi-dimensional frequency-based compression function represents one of the plurality of contextual parameters; and

perform amplification control of audio during the audio playback in the second ambient context based on the second audiogram.

7 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first audiogram includes first frequency based gain settings for audio playback across each of different audio frequencies in the first ambient context.

8 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second audiogram includes second frequency based gain settings for audio playback across each of different audio frequencies in the second ambient context.

9 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the change from the first ambient context to the second ambient context is determined by monitoring a plurality of audio signals with different audio frequencies played back in different ambient conditions.

10 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the contextual parameters includes at least one of an audio context, a noise context, a signal-to-noise ratio, an echo, a voice activity, a scene classification, a reverberation, or an input during the audio playback in the second ambient context.

11 . A method for personalized audio enhancement using an electronic device, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by the electronic device, a plurality of inputs, in response to an audiogram test;

generating, by the electronic device, a first hearing perception profile using the received one or more inputs, the first hearing perception profile corresponding to a first audiogram corresponding to a one-dimensional frequency-based compression function;

monitoring over time, by the electronic device, audio playback across different audio frequencies in different ambient conditions;

analyzing, by the electronic device, a plurality of contextual parameters during the audio playback across different frequencies during different ambient conditions;

generating, by the electronic device, a second hearing perception profile using the plurality of contextual parameters, the second hearing perception profile corresponding to a second audiogram corresponding to a multi-dimensional frequency-based compression function, wherein each dimension of the multi-dimensional frequency-based compression function represents one of the plurality of contextual parameters; and

perform amplification control of audio during the audio playback based on the second hearing perception profile.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first hearing perception profile includes a first frequency based gain settings for audio playback across different audio frequencies, and the second hearing perception profile includes a second frequency based gain settings for audio playback across each of the different audio frequencies.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2023
From: GUDEPU, PRITHVI RAJ REDDY; TIWARI, NITYA; BAPAT, SANDIP SHRIRAM
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064020/0311 →
Priority Claims (2)
IN 202141043508 · Sep 24, 2021 · national
IN 202141043508 · Sep 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022014249 · Sep 23, 2022
Related Publication 20230260526A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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