Sound enhancement for mobile phones and other products producing personalized audio for users
First Claim
1. A personal communication device comprising:
- a transmitter and a receiver which transmits and receives communication signals encoding audio signals;
an audio transducer which renders audio signals audible;
a microphone; and
control circuitry coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, the audio transducer and the microphone, including logic applying multiband compression to the audio signals, including generation of parameters for the multiband compression based on stored user data and based on environmental data determined while controlling the transducer to render the audio signals audible.
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Abstract
A mobile phone or other personal communication device includes resources applying measures of an individual'"'"'s hearing profile, personal choice profile, and induced hearing loss profile, separately or in combination, to build the basis of sound enhancement. A personal communication device thus comprises a transmitter/receiver coupled to a communication medium for transmitted receiving audio signals, control circuitry that controls transmission, reception and processing of call and audio signals, a speaker, and a microphone. The control circuitry includes logic applying one or more of a hearing profile of the user, a user preference related hearing, and environmental noise factors in processing the audio signals. The control circuitry may includes instruction memory and an instruction execution processor such as a digital signal processor.
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15 Claims
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1. A personal communication device comprising:
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a transmitter and a receiver which transmits and receives communication signals encoding audio signals;
an audio transducer which renders audio signals audible;
a microphone; and
control circuitry coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, the audio transducer and the microphone, including logic applying multiband compression to the audio signals, including generation of parameters for the multiband compression based on stored user data and based on environmental data determined while controlling the transducer to render the audio signals audible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. The device of claim 16, including a display, and wherein said resources include logic prompting with at least one of said audio transducer and said display, the user through a hearing test based upon user reaction to sounds, and in which said sounds are produced using said audio transducer.
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