METHOD FOR AUGMENTING HEARING
First Claim
1. A method for augmenting sound, comprising:
- at a mobile computing device and a connected audio output device, outputting a tone in a hearing test;
based on a response to the tone entered by a user, generating a hearing profile for the user and corresponding to the mobile computing device and the audio output device;
receiving an audio signal;
qualifying the audio signal as a particular audio type from a set of audio types;
selecting, from a set of sound profiles, a particular sound profile corresponding to the particular audio type;
at the mobile computing device, transforming the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the particular sound profile and the hearing profile of the user; and
outputting the processed audio signal at the connected audio output device.
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Abstract
One variation of a method for augmenting sound includes: at a mobile computing device and a connected audio output device, outputting a tone in a hearing test; based on a response to the tone entered by a user, generating a hearing profile for the user and corresponding to the mobile computing device and the audio output device; receiving an audio signal; qualifying the audio signal as a particular audio type from a set of audio types; selecting, from a set of sound profiles, a particular sound profile corresponding to the particular audio type; at the mobile computing device, transforming the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the particular sound profile and the hearing profile of the user; and outputting the processed audio signal at the connected audio output device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for augmenting sound, comprising:
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at a mobile computing device and a connected audio output device, outputting a tone in a hearing test; based on a response to the tone entered by a user, generating a hearing profile for the user and corresponding to the mobile computing device and the audio output device; receiving an audio signal; qualifying the audio signal as a particular audio type from a set of audio types; selecting, from a set of sound profiles, a particular sound profile corresponding to the particular audio type; at the mobile computing device, transforming the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the particular sound profile and the hearing profile of the user; and outputting the processed audio signal at the connected audio output device. - 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 augmenting sound, comprising:
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at an audio device, receiving a hearing profile from a mobile computing device, the hearing profile corresponding to a user and generated on the mobile computing device; receiving an audio signal from the mobile computing device; qualifying the audio signal as a particular audio type from a set of audio types; selecting, from a set of sound profiles, a particular sound profile corresponding to the particular audio type; transforming the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the particular sound profile and the hearing profile of the user; and outputting the processed audio signal at an output of the audio device substantially in real-time with the audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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