AUDIO SIGNAL MANIPULATION FOR SPEECH ENHANCEMENT BEFORE SOUND REPRODUCTION

• US 20150269953A1
• Filed: 04/14/2015
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AUDIOLOGICALL LTD
• Original Assignee: AUDIOLOGICALL LTD
• Inventors: Siami, Mehdi
• Application Number:
  US14/686,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20150269953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/02 Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation reducing echo effects in line transmission systems H04B3/20; echo suppression in hands-free telephones H04M9/08
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0364 for improving intelligibility

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system and method for processing sound data, the method comprising identifying a user speech enhancement profile of a user to whom the sound data is intended for listening; processing the sound data with the identified user speech enhancement profile at a speech enhancement computer processor and producing a manipulated sound output; and providing the manipulated sound output to the user

Claims

1. A method of processing sound data, the method comprising:

identifying a User Speech Enhancement Profile of a user to whom the sound data is intended for listening;

manipulating the sound data according to parameters from the identified user speech enhancement profile at a speech enhancement computer processor and producing a corresponding manipulated sound output;

providing the manipulated sound output to the user.

2. The method as in claim 1, wherein processing the sound data comprises retrieving the identified user speech enhancement profile from computer data storage based on identification data of the user.

3. The method as in claim 1, wherein the sound data manipulation occurs before the sound data is received or is stored on a sound producing device.

4. The method as in claim 1, wherein the sound data manipulation occurs before the sound data is reproduced on a sound producing device.

5. The method as in claim 1, wherein the sound data manipulation occurs to improve intelligibility and/or overall perceptual quality for the listener.

6. The method as in claim 1, wherein the sound manipulation parameters are adjusted based on the measured characteristics of the sound data to be manipulated.

7. The method as in claim 1, wherein the sound manipulation parameters are adjusted based on the devices receiving, transmitting or reproducing the sound for the listener.

8. The method as in claim 1, wherein the sound manipulation parameters are adjusted based on the situation or environment the listener.

9. The method as in claim 1, wherein the algorithms and parameters for sound modulation is improved based on Speech Enhancement quality scoring using a machine-learning procedure.

10. A system comprising:

computer data storage that contains at least one User Speech Enhancement Profile for processing of sound data;

a speech enhancement computer processor configured to identify a User Speech Enhancement Profile of a user to whom the sound data is intended for listening, manipulate the sound data with the identified user speech enhancement profile, and produce a corresponding manipulated sound output for providing to the user.

11. The system as in claim 10, wherein the speech enhancement computer processor is further configured to retrieve the identified user speech enhancement profile from the computer data storage based on identification data of the user.

12. The system as in claim 10, wherein the sound data manipulation occurs before the sound data is received or is stored on a sound producing device.

13. The system as in claim 10, wherein the sound data manipulation occurs before the sound data is reproduced on a sound producing device.

14. The system as in claim 10, wherein the sound data manipulation occurs to improve intelligibility and/or overall perceptual quality for the listener.

15. The system as in claim 10, wherein the sound manipulation parameters are adjusted based on the measured characteristics of the sound data to be manipulated.

16. The system as in claim 10, wherein the sound manipulation parameters are adjusted based on the devices receiving, transmitting or reproducing the sound for the listener.

17. The system as in claim 10, wherein the sound manipulation parameters are adjusted based on the situation or environment the listener.

18. The system as in claim 10, wherein the algorithms and parameters for sound modulation is improved based on Speech Enhancement quality scoring using a machine-learning procedure.