USE OF VOICE-TO-REMAINING AUDIO (VRA) IN CONSUMER APPLICATIONS
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Abstract
Systems provide an audio/visual output to each of a plurality of listeners in a manner that permits individualized audio adjustment, wherein audio comprises a first signal that is substantially voice and a second signal that is substantially other than voice. The systems may include a video device, a storage medium, and a transmitter that transmits the first and second signals to a plurality of personal listening devices. Each of the plurality of personal listening devices may include first and second receivers, first and second adjustment devices, an audio signal combining device, and one or more transducers, wherein the systems permit each of the plurality of listeners to adjust the first and second signals independently of other ones of the plurality of listeners in an audience.
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23 Claims
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21. A personal listening device useful in a listening environment having a plurality of listeners, comprising:
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a receiver that receives a first audio signal and a second audio signal, the first audio signal including a voice signal and being different than the second audio signal; an adjustment device that allows a listener to adjust the first audio signal and the second audio signal independent of each other; and a transducer that receives the adjusted first and/or second audio signals, combines the received first and second audio signals, and outputs an audible sound based on the combined first and second audio signals to the listener without interfering with other listeners in the listening environment.
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23. A broadcasting apparatus, comprising:
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a storage medium holding a first audio signal and a second audio signal corresponding to the first audio signal, the first audio signal including substantially a voice signal; and a transmitter that transmits the first and second audio signals to a plurality of receivers, wherein the first and/or second audio signals being configured to be independently adjusted at each of the plurality of receivers and subsequently combined to produce an audible sound.
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