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EAR-COUPLING DETECTION AND ADJUSTMENT OF ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN NOISE-CANCELING IN PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES

  • US 20120207317A1
  • Filed: 12/02/2011
  • Published: 08/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A personal audio device, comprising:

  • a personal audio device housing;

    a transducer mounted on the housing for reproducing an audio signal including both source audio for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer;

    a reference microphone mounted on the housing for providing a reference microphone signal indicative of the ambient audio sounds;

    an error microphone mounted on the housing in proximity to the transducer for providing an error microphone signal indicative of the acoustic output of the transducer; and

    a processing circuit that implements an adaptive filter having a response that shapes the anti-noise signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the processing circuit determines a degree of coupling between the transducer and an ear of the listener and alters the response of the adaptive filter in conformity with the degree of coupling between the transducer and the ear of the listener.

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