SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOISE CANCELLATION WITH MOTION TRACKING CAPABILITY
First Claim
1. A system for noise cancellation comprising:
- at least one microphone for detecting sound;
a processor in electrical communication with the microphone, wherein the processor is configured to modify a waveform received by the at least one microphone in a manner to form a canceling waveform with respect to the received waveform; and
a speaker array having two or more speakers which are configured to transmit the canceling waveform generated by the processor in the direction of a user'"'"'s head.
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Abstract
A system and method for noise cancellation is disclosed herein generally having at least one microphone, a processor, and a speaker array. The processor may contain an adaptive filtering feature, to separate desirable sound from undesirable sound. The undesirable sound may be suppressed by the processor by creating a canceling waveform and transmitting the canceling waveform to the user'"'"'s head via a speaker array. The desirable sound may be enhanced by increasing the amplitude of the waveform and transmitting the amplified waveform to the user'"'"'s head via a speaker array. The sound transmitted to the user'"'"'s head by the system may be localized using an image tracking subsystem and speaker array. The image tracking system may track the actual visible image or alternatively a heat (e.g. infrared) image of the user'"'"'s head.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for noise cancellation comprising:
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at least one microphone for detecting sound; a processor in electrical communication with the microphone, wherein the processor is configured to modify a waveform received by the at least one microphone in a manner to form a canceling waveform with respect to the received waveform; and a speaker array having two or more speakers which are configured to transmit the canceling waveform generated by the processor in the direction of a user'"'"'s head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for noise cancellation comprising:
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detecting sounds via at least one microphone; generating a canceling waveform with respect to the detected sounds; tracking a position of a user'"'"'s head via an image tracking device; and transmitting the out-of-phase waveform in a direction of the user'"'"'s head via an adjustable speaker array. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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