Gain control for an electro-acoustic device with a facial movement detector
First Claim
1. A method of controlling an output of a wearable device worn by a wearer, comprising:
- receiving a facial movement indication from a facial movement detector measured contemporaneously with an input audio signal;
determining whether the facial movement indication matches a first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking;
applying a speaking gain profile to the input audio signal for generating an augmented audio segment in response to determining that the facial movement indication matches the first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; and
outputting the augmented audio segment.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and devices are provided for controlling a wearable device. Embodiments include receiving a facial movement indication from a facial movement detector measured contemporaneously with an input audio signal. Additionally, whether a first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking is a movement match to the facial movement indication may be determined. In this way, a speaking gain profile may be applied to the input audio signal for generating an augmented audio segment in response to determining the first movement pattern is the movement match to the facial movement indication. Thus, the augmented audio segment may be output.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of controlling an output of a wearable device worn by a wearer, comprising:
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receiving a facial movement indication from a facial movement detector measured contemporaneously with an input audio signal; determining whether the facial movement indication matches a first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; applying a speaking gain profile to the input audio signal for generating an augmented audio segment in response to determining that the facial movement indication matches the first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; and outputting the augmented audio segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wearable device for adjusting sound heard by a wearer, comprising:
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a facial movement detector configured to detect facial movements of the wearer; a speaker for outputting an augmented audio segment; a memory having stored thereon first movement pattern data associated with the wearer speaking; and a processor coupled to the facial movement detector, the speaker and the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising; receiving a facial movement indication from the facial movement detector measured contemporaneously with an input audio signal; determining whether the facial movement indication matches the first movement pattern; applying a speaking gain profile to the input audio signal for generating the augmented audio segment in response to determining that the facial movement indication matches the first movement pattern; and outputting the augmented audio segment to the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wearable device for adjusting sound heard by a wearer, comprising:
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means for detecting a facial movement contemporaneously with an input audio signal; means for determining whether detected facial movement matches a first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; means for applying a speaking gain profile to the input audio signal for generating an augmented audio segment in response to determining that the detected facial movement matches the first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; and means for outputting the augmented audio segment. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a wearable device worn by a wearer to perform operations for controlling an output of the wearable device, the operations comprising:
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receiving a facial movement indication from a facial movement detector measured contemporaneously with an input audio signal; determining whether the facial movement indication matches a first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; applying a speaking gain profile to the input audio signal for generating an augmented audio segment in response to determining that the facial movement indication matches the first movement pattern associated with the wearer speaking; and outputting the augmented audio segment.
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