Automatic audio adjustment system based upon a user's auditory profile
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1. A system for adjusting audio output comprising:
- a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user, the transmitter unit comprising a memory and a signal transmitter; and
an entertainment sound generating system comprising a sound generator adapted to output entertainment sound signals based upon input entertainment data, a signal receiver, means for automatically altering the entertainment sound signals from the sound generator based upon a signal automatically transmitted by the signal transmitter to the receiver, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the altering means, wherein the sound generator comprises a player adapted to play the entertainment data.
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Abstract
A system for adjusting audio output including a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user and a sound generating system. The transmitter unit includes a memory and a signal transmitter. The sound generating system includes a sound generator, a signal receiver, means for altering a sound signal from the signal generator based upon a signal transmitted by the transmitter to the receiver, and speakers connected to the altering means.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for adjusting audio output comprising:
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a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user, the transmitter unit comprising a memory and a signal transmitter; and an entertainment sound generating system comprising a sound generator adapted to output entertainment sound signals based upon input entertainment data, a signal receiver, means for automatically altering the entertainment sound signals from the sound generator based upon a signal automatically transmitted by the signal transmitter to the receiver, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the altering means, wherein the sound generator comprises a player adapted to play the entertainment data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for adjusting audio output comprising:
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a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user, the transmitter unit comprising a memory and a signal transmitters; and an entertainment sound generating system comprising a sound generator adapted to output entertainment sound signals based upon input entertainment data, a signal receiver, means for altering the entertainment sound signals from the sound generator based upon a signal transmitted by the signal transmitter to the receiver, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the altering means, wherein the sound generator comprises a player adapted to play the entertainment data, wherein the memory comprises hearing information regarding a user'"'"'s auditory characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method of altering an electrical sound signal in an entertainment sound system comprising steps of:
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receiving a hearing adjustment signal by the entertainment sound system from a portable transmitter, the hearing adjustment signal comprising information regarding a user'"'"'s auditory characteristics; configuring a variable signal modifier based upon the received hearing adjustment signal; and transmitting the electrical sound signal through the variable signal modifier and outputting at least one altered electrical sound signal which has been altered based upon the user'"'"'s auditory characteristics contained in the hearing adjustment signal to generate entertainment sound from a speaker or sound transducer of the entertainment Sound system which is spaced from ears of the user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for adjusting audio output comprising:
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a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user, the transmitter unit comprising a memory and a signal transmitter; and a sound generating system comprising a sound generator adapted to output sound signals based upon input data, a signal receiver, an altering system for altering the sound signals from the sound generator based upon a signal transmitted by the transmitter to the receiver, and at least one acoustic transducer/speaker coupled to the altering system, wherein the sound generating system is not adapted to be entirely carried by the user, and wherein the transmitter unit is adapted to automatically send the signal to the receiver without user activation. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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