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Sound placement of comfort zones

  • US 9,595,251 B2
  • Filed: 05/08/2015
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of updating a noise cancelling distribution area, the method comprising:

  • measuring a location of a user'"'"'s head;

    measuring an acoustic environment surrounding the user with at least one sensor to produce sound data;

    providing the sound data to determine active noise reduction controller configuration parameters for the noise cancelling distribution area;

    generating at least one active noise reduction control from the active noise reduction controller configuration parameters;

    updating the active noise reduction controller configuration parameters at a specified rate and modifying a level of the specified rate based on an event in the noise cancelling distribution area; and

    applying the at least one active noise reduction control to create the noise cancelling distribution area around the user'"'"'s ear with at least one speaker.

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