Apparatus, method and computer program
First Claim
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be positioned in a user'"'"'s external ear;
a loudspeaker located at a first position within the housing and configured to provide an acoustic signal;
a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal located at a second position within the housing;
a filter configured to filter an input signal provided to the loudspeaker; and
a controller configured to enable the acoustic signal detected by the microphone to be used to provide a control signal to the filter.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus including:
- a housing configured to be positioned in a user'"'"'s external ear; a loudspeaker located at a first position within the housing and configured to provide an acoustic signal; a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal located at a second position within the housing; a filter configured to filter an input signal provided to the loudspeaker; and a controller configured to enable the acoustic signal detected by the microphone to be used to provide a control signal to the filter.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing configured to be positioned in a user'"'"'s external ear; a loudspeaker located at a first position within the housing and configured to provide an acoustic signal; a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal located at a second position within the housing; a filter configured to filter an input signal provided to the loudspeaker; and a controller configured to enable the acoustic signal detected by the microphone to be used to provide a control signal to the filter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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providing an acoustic signal towards an ear drum from a first position; detecting an acoustic signal at a second position where the second position is displaced from the first position so that the second position is between the ear drum and the first position; using the detected acoustic signal to provide a control signal to a filter for filtering an input signal to a loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 27)
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16. (canceled)
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24. A computer program comprising computer program instructions configured to control an apparatus, the program instructions providing, when loaded into a processor;
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means for providing an acoustic signal towards an ear drum from a first position; means for detecting an acoustic signal at a second position where the second position is displaced from the first position so that the second position is between the ear drum and the first position; and means for using the detected acoustic signals to provide a control signal to a filter for filtering an input signal to a loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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