System and method of adjusting audiovisual content to improve hearing

• US 20070039034A1
• Filed: 08/11/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enhanced Personal Audiovisual Technology, LLC
• Original Assignee: Enhanced Personal Audiovisual Technology, LLC
• Inventors: Berk, Barry, Ziegler, James, Sokol, Anthony, Orosz, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,020,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/117
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2227/003 Digital PA systems using, e.g. LAN or internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 3/008 in which the audio signals are in digital form, i.e. employing more than two discrete digital channels data reduction aspects thereof based on psychoacoustics G10L19/02

Abstract

A system for adjusting audiovisual content having a server including a receiver for receiving a first content from a media source, a first circuitry configured to generate a second content based on the first content, the second content having multiple audio channels, a first transceiver for sending the second content to one or more clients, each client including a second transceiver for receiving the second content, and a second circuitry configured to generate a third content based on the second content and provide the third content to an audio device, wherein the second circuitry is configured to provide a graphical user interface to a user, the graphical user interface having a plurality of icons representing the user and the multiple audio channels, wherein movement of any of the plurality of icons will alter the second content.

Claims

1. A system for adjusting audiovisual content comprising:

a server comprising;

a receiver for receiving a first content from a media source;

a first circuitry configured to generate a second content based on the first content, the second content comprising multiple audio channels;

a first transceiver for sending the second content to one or more clients, each client comprising;

a second transceiver for receiving the second content; and

a second circuitry configured to generate a third content based on the second content and provide the third content to an audio device;

wherein the second circuitry is configured to provide a graphical user interface to a user, the graphical user interface having a plurality of icons representing the user and the multiple audio channels, wherein movement of any of the plurality of icons will alter the second content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the magnitude of the alteration in second content corresponds to the distance the icon is moved.

3. The system of claim 1, where the alteration in second content is related to the position of the plurality of icons on the graphical user interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface allows the user to alter the volume of the multiple channels by moving the plurality of icons.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the multiple audio channels comprise a front left channel, a front right channel, a center channel, a left surround channel, a right surround channel, and a special effects channel.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the second content is transported in one or more packets.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first transceiver sends the one or more packets to the one or more clients via a wireless connection.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises video content.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the client is configured to provide the video content to a video device in synchronization with the third content provided to the audio device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the client is configured to provide a second graphical user interface to the user, where the second graphical user interface is configured to allow the user to alter the video content.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the second circuitry generates close-captioning text data based on the second content and provides the close-captioning text data to a video device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the client is a cell-phone or a personal data assistant.

13. A method of adjusting audiovisual content comprising:

receiving a first signal comprising a first content from a media source;

generating a second content comprising multiple audio channels based on the first content;

providing a graphical user interface having a plurality of icons representing a user and the multiple audio channels, wherein the second content is altered by moving any of the icons on the graphical user interface;

generating a third signal based on the second content; and

providing the third signal to an audio device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the magnitude of the alteration in second content corresponds to the distance the icon was moved.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the alteration in second content is related to the position of the plurality of icons on the graphical user interface.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to allow the user to alter the volume of the multiple channels by moving the icons.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the multiple audio channels comprise a front left channel, a front right channel, a center channel, a left surround channel, a right surround channel, and a special effects channel.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the second content is transported in one or more packets.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising transporting the one or more packets via a wireless connection.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the first content comprises video content.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising providing the video content to a video device in synchronization with the third content provided to the audio device.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising providing a second graphical user interface to the user, where the second graphical user interface is configured to allow the user to alter the video content.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising generating close-captioning text data based on the video content and providing the close-captioning text data to a video device.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface is provided by a cell-phone or a personal data assistant.

25. A system for adjusting audiovisual content comprising:

a server configured to;

receive a first content from a media source;

generate a second content comprising multiple audio channels based on the first content; and

provide the second content to a client, where the client is configured to;

provide a graphical user interface to a user, the graphical user interface having a plurality of icons representing the user and the multiple audio channels, wherein movement of any of the plurality icons will alter the second content;

generate a third content based on the second content; and

provide the third content to an audio device.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to allow the user to alter the volume of the multiple channels by moving the icons.

27. A method of adjusting audiovisual content comprising:

receiving a first signal comprising a first content from a media source;

generating a second content comprising multiple audio channels based on the first content;

providing an input configured to allow a user to alter the multiple audio channels;

generating a third signal based on the second content; and

providing the third signal to an audio device.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the input is configured to allow the user to alter the volume of the multiple channels.