Earpiece with added ambient environment
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1. A set of wireless earpieces having a left earpiece and a right earpiece, comprising:
- each of the left earpiece and the right earpiece comprising;
an earpiece housing configured to substantially encompass an opening of an ear canal to physically block ambient sound from entering the ear canal;
a processor disposed within the earpiece housing;
a transceiver operatively connected to the processor;
a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein an additional ambient sound is stored on the memory;
a plurality of microphones operatively connected to the processor and configured to sense the ambient sound; and
a speaker operatively connected to the processor;
wherein the transceiver of the left earpiece is configured to communicate with the transceiver of the right earpiece; and
wherein the processor of the left earpiece is configured to process the ambient sound from the plurality of microphones of the left earpiece and add the additional ambient sound stored in the memory of the left earpiece to produce a first modified ambient sound at the speaker of the left earpiece and the processor of the right earpiece is configured to process the ambient sound from the plurality of microphones of the right earpiece and add the additional ambient sound stored in the memory of the right earpiece to produce a second modified ambient sound at the speaker of the right earpiece.
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Abstract
An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, wherein the earpiece housing is configured to substantially encompass an opening of an ear canal to physically block ambient sound from entering the ear canal. The earpiece further includes a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor and configured to sense ambient sound, and a speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to process the ambient sound from the microphone and add additional ambient sound to produce a modified ambient sound at the speaker.
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8 Claims
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1. A set of wireless earpieces having a left earpiece and a right earpiece, comprising:
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each of the left earpiece and the right earpiece comprising; an earpiece housing configured to substantially encompass an opening of an ear canal to physically block ambient sound from entering the ear canal; a processor disposed within the earpiece housing; a transceiver operatively connected to the processor; a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein an additional ambient sound is stored on the memory; a plurality of microphones operatively connected to the processor and configured to sense the ambient sound; and a speaker operatively connected to the processor; wherein the transceiver of the left earpiece is configured to communicate with the transceiver of the right earpiece; and wherein the processor of the left earpiece is configured to process the ambient sound from the plurality of microphones of the left earpiece and add the additional ambient sound stored in the memory of the left earpiece to produce a first modified ambient sound at the speaker of the left earpiece and the processor of the right earpiece is configured to process the ambient sound from the plurality of microphones of the right earpiece and add the additional ambient sound stored in the memory of the right earpiece to produce a second modified ambient sound at the speaker of the right earpiece. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of adding an ambient environment sound to sound reproduced with a pair of wireless earpieces having a left earpiece and a right earpiece, the method comprising:
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receiving the ambient environment sound at a microphone of the left earpiece; receiving the ambient environment sound at a microphone of the right earpiece; receiving a voice command from a user to add one or more additional ambient sounds to the ambient environment sound; processing the ambient environment sound from the microphone of the left earpiece at a processor of at least one of the left earpiece and the right earpiece to add the one or more additional ambient sounds to the ambient environment sound to produce a first modified ambient environment sound at the left earpiece and processing the ambient environment sound from the microphone of the right earpiece at a processor of at least one of the right earpiece and the left earpiece to add the one or more additional ambient sounds to the ambient environment sound from the microphone of the right earpiece to produce a second modified ambient environment sound at the right earpiece; communicating the first modified ambient environment sound from the processor of at least one of the left earpiece and the right earpiece to a speaker of the left earpiece and communicating the second modified ambient environment sound from the processor of at least one of the right earpiece and the left earpiece to a speaker of the right earpiece; and producing the first modified ambient environment sound at the speaker of the left earpiece and producing the second modified ambient environment sound at the speaker of the right earpiece. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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